| Temples of the Indus: Studies in the Hindu Architecture of Ancient Pakistan Contributor(s): Meister (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004186174 ISBN-13: 9789004186170 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $149.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Ancient & Classical - Religion | Hinduism - General |
| Dewey: 726.145 |
| Series: Brill's Indological Library |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (1.15 lbs) 188 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Pakistan's northwest, a sequence of temples built between the sixth and the tenth centuries provides a missing chapter in the evolution of the Hindu temple in South Asia. Combining some elements from Buddhist architecture in Gandharā with the symbolically powerful curvilinear Nāgara tower formulated in the early post-Gupta period, this group stands as an independent school of that pan-Indic form, offering new evidence for its creation and original variations in the four centuries of its existence. Drawing on recent archaeology undertaken by the Pakistan Heritage Society as well as scholarship from the Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture project, this volume finally allows the Salt Range and Indus temples to be integrated with the greater South Asian tradition. |