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Constructing Kanchi - City of Infinite Temples (Hardcover)
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Constructing Kanchi - City of Infinite Temples (Hardcover)
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Constructing Kanchi: City of Infinite Temples traces the emergence
of the South Indian city of Kanchi as a major royal capital and
multireligious pilgrimage destination during the era of the Pallava
and Chola dynasties (ca. seventh through thirteenth centuries). The
book presents the first-ever comprehensive picture of historical
Kanchi, locating the city and its more than 100 spectacular Hindu
temples at the heart of commercial and artistic exchange that
spanned India, Southeast Asia, and China. The author demonstrates
that Kanchi was structured with a hidden urban plan, which
determined the placement and orientation of temples around a
central thoroughfare that was also a burgeoning pilgrimage route.
Moving outwards from the city, she shows how the transportation
networks, river systems, residential enclaves, and agrarian estates
all contributed to the vibrancy of Kanchi's temple life. The
construction and ongoing renovation of temples in and around the
city, she concludes, has enabled Kanchi to thrive continuously from
at least the eighth century, through the colonial period, and up
until the present.
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