Stones in the sand: the architecture of Rajasthan, ed. by Giles Tillotson

ISBN: 9788185026527, 8185026521

This volume presents the characteristic traditional architecture of Rajasthani towns and cities, the stone-built forts, palaces, and havelis, temples, tanks, and kunds, from the 16th century onwards when the region developed the distinctive style of domestic and civic architecture for which it is well known.

Stones: silent witness to the cultural diversity of India

Guha, Jayanta et al.

ISBN: 9788174791436, 8174791434

The book emanated from a photographic exhibition held in 2004. The idea was not to identify the stones that made up the various monuments heralding the heritage of India's history but an attempt to decipher how the diversity of craftsman with diverse cultural background left their imprints.

Structural analysis of historical constructions: possibilities of numerical and experimental techniques, 3 vols

Lourenco, Paulo B et al. (ed.)

The objective of this book is to provide recommendations for the conservation of historical buildings in seismic regions, based on a thorough understanding of their structure, construction features and materials, which may help to prevent earthquake induced damage to buildings.

Studies in architectural history, 2 vols., ed by William A Singleton

Singleton, William A

ISBN: 9788182903197, 818290319X

This book consists of essays written by lecturers, tutors and students at the York Summer School of Architectural Study, which has been held annually since 1949.

Studies in early Buddhist architecture of India, 2nd edition

Sarkar, H

ISBN: 9788121505994, 8121505992

Studies in South Indian architecture, with special reference to Kerala & Tamil Nadu, ed. by K.G. Sreelekha

ISBN: 9789380829081, 9380829086

This volume comprises of papers of the seminar related to Architecture, organized at ORI&MSS Library, University of Kerala.

Studies on fortification in India

Deloche, Jean

ISBN: 9782855396644, 2855396646

This book brings together essays on some prominent defensive works which have been constructed over many centuries across the Indian subcontinent, particularly South India. The first chapter, on the Harappan period and early historic Indian sites, is based mainly on archaeological reports; all the other chapters, covering South India from the 3rd to the 18th century A.D., draw on the historical...

Sultanate architecture of Bengal: an analysis of architectural and decorative elements

Alamgir, Khoundkar

ISBN: 9788174791092, 8174791094

This book aims to trace the origin of different elements of Sultanate architecture of Bengal. Through six chapters, it studies various elements of Sultanate architecture in Bengal, Bangladesh etc.

Suryapahar: a monument of excellence in north-east

Chauley, Milan K (b.1974)

ISBN: 9788186867679, 8186867678

On Suryapahar, a monument of excellence in north-east India and this work deals about its growth, development and evolution as an important centre for artistic effolerance.

Symphony in lines: an artistic introduction to the architectural heritage of Karnataka - India

Kamalesh, Artist

ISBN: 9789351562085, 9351562085

The book created by the author is unique in its depiction of cultural history, religions and philosophy of Karnataka, all of which help to place the art production and patronage of the area in its relevant social and cultural contexts.

Synthesis of Buddhist Saiva and Sakta tantras: an unknown Siddhapitha Maluti

Jha, Surendra

ISBN: 9788177021974, 8177021974

This book is primarily intended to introduce an unknown but unique village, Maluti located in the interiors of Santal Parganas in Jharkhand. It had been the centre of Vajrayana Tantric Sadhana.

Taj Mahal: the glory of Mughal Agra, photographs by D.N. Dube

Lall, John

Taking the Taj

Kullar, Shivjeet

ISBN: 9789381506158, 9381506159

This novel is a nail-biting, adrenaline-pumping account of what happens over the next twenty-four hours. Inside the Taj a young historian races to uncover a dramatic secret. It is a four-hundred-year-old secret as surprising as it is shocking, and capable of changing the way we look at the Taj...forever.

The Tanjavur Marathas: art, architecture and culture

Suresh, S

ISBN: 9788173055348, 8173055343

Based on extensive field explorations, museum and archival research in India, U.K. and the U.S.A., the study encompasses the religious and secular buildings, sculptures, paintings, furniture, textiles, jewellery, coins, toys and dolls, music and dance traditions and the cuisine of this little-known kingdom.

Tazias of Chiniot

Abbas, Ghulam

ISBN: 9789695620328, 9695620329

Temple architecture and imagery of South and Southeast Asia: Prasadanidhi: papers presented to Professor M.A. Dhaky, ed. by Parul Pandya Dhar & Gerd J.R. Mevissen, foreword ...

ISBN: 9788173055508, 8173055505

Kapila Vatsyayan, in cooperation with Indian Art History Congress and Devangana Desai.

The temple architecture of India

Hardy, Adam

ISBN: 9780470028278, 0470028270

This book encompasses all the major temples on the Indian subcontinent, while also providing an overall understanding of temple architecture by featuring dozens of other beautiful, but lesser known works. Ranging across the core period of temple construction from the 6th to 13th centuries, it also covers the background to this period from the 2nd century BC onwards and its ongoing legacy to the...

Temple architecture of Western Himalaya: wooden temples

Handa, OC

ISBN: 9788173871153, 8173871159

Temple art, icons and culture of India and South-East Asia

Raman, KV

ISBN: 9788188934317, 8188934313

This book presents a valuable collection of essays written over a period of forty years during the author's illustrious career as a distinguished art-historians and archaeologists. It highlights the unique cultural relations between India and the countries of South-East Asia like Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.

Temple towns of Tamil Nadu, photographed by Bharath Ramamrutham

Michell, George (ed.)

ISBN: 9788185026213, 8185026211

The studies gathered in this book concentrate on a select number of religious sites, each of which is examined in terms of its broader mythological and ritualistic context.