Dedicated to the tracing of continuity across sectarian divides,
Christopher Tadgell’s History of Architecture in India (1989) was
the first modern monograph to draw together in one volume all the
strands of India’s pre-colonial architectural history – from
the Vedic and Native traditions of early India, through Hindu,
Buddhist, Islamic and secular architecture. This comprehensive
revision, Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent: From the Mauryas
to the Mughals, expands the structure to acknowledge the great
advance in scholarship across this extremely complex subject over
the last three decades. An understanding of Indian history and
religion is the basis for understanding the complex pattern of
relationships in the evolution of architecture in the subcontinent.
Therefore, background material covers major invasions, migrations,
dynastic conflicts and cultural and commercial connections, the
main religious developments and their significance and
repercussions, and external architectural precedents. While
avoiding the usual division of the subject into ‘Buddhist and
Hindu’ and ‘Islamic’ parts in order to trace continuity, the
importance of religion, symbolism and myth to the development of
characteristic Indian architectural forms in all their richness and
complexity is fully explained in this fully illustrated account of
the subcontinent’s architecture.
General
Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
First published: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Christopher Tadgell
|
Dimensions: |
280 x 210mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
404 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-211270-1 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-03-211270-0 |
Barcode: |
9781032112701 |
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