The ancient and medieval architecture of India: a study of Indo-Aryan civilisation

LIST

OF TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS xix

PIG.

PAGE

5-

Village

PlancalledSwastika

17

6. Planofthe Tij Gardens
   18

7.

Seven-raftered

Bambu

RoofofModern Thatched

BengaliCottage. .21

8.

PlanofFig.

7 21

9.

Planofthe GreatSinchi

Stflpa

29

TO. RailofStfipaNo. 2 at Sinchl

30

11. Plan
    ofBrick

or StoneWall

30

12. TypicalPlanofa

HinduTemple

37

13.

Construction ofthe Domes

ofa

Temple Mandapam: (a) with

Concentric

Rings

;

(d)

withSlabslaiddiagonally

39

14. Section ofthe

GreatStflpaat Sinchi,showing Rail

andGateways..

48

15. TheTeeofaStfipa

50

16. BodhiTreewithVedicRailing

51

17.

Sun-window

of

theHinayinaSchool.

......
-55
18. Sun-windowofthe MahiyanaSchool.......

-55

19.

MahiyanaSun-window usedasa Shrine...

.

-55

20. LeafofthePipalTree(Fkusreligiosd)........

56

21. VishnuPillarfrom the BharhutSculptures
    58


22. FruitoftheSacred Lotus{Nelumbium)

59

23.

Top of a Nepalese

Box,

in Repouss^ Brass, showingLotus

Flowerwith

Turned-down Petals, andFruitused asa Handle

59

24. Fruit ofWater-lily {Nymphcsa),andSectionshowingthe MysticWheel
    60


25. IndianWater-vessel
    61

26.

CapitalofTemple Pillar 61

26A. Cross-bracketsusedasSuper-capitalofTemple Pillar

64

27. PlanofaVillage Chaitya-house
    66


28. AncientBuddhistChaitya-houseat Ter

67

29.

Plan

ofTempleat Aihole

68

30. InteriorofHinayina Chaitya-house at Ajanta

71

3 1. Plan

ofKarle Chaitya-house

72

32. A Modern IndianSadhu

79

33.

Plan of

Gautami-putra Monastery, N^ik 81

34. 
    

Section ofRock-cutViharaat Bedsi

83

35. 
    

Plan ofVihara

at Beds4

84

36. Gargoyles oftheDharmaraja Rith
    87