A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Harappa
This page describes Harappa which is located on page 6 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Complete works of Swami Abhedananda [by Swami Prajnanananda]
The most remarkable edifice was a great bath used for ceremonial purposes, and the remarkable buildings or a group of buildings, discovered at Harappa, were the granary used for storage of grain to be received by the state or municipal administration. Rai Bahadur K. N. Dikshit has said that the wells at Mohenjo-daro were remarkable feature of the city, but in Harappa they are much less in evidence....
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Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture [by D. N. Shukla]
‘The inhabitants of Harappa appear also to have been in the habit of offering in their temples terra-cotta cones, with or without figures of animals, of which several specimen have been recovered. Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni is inclined to think that ‘a large cone of dark stone, 11 inches high resembling the Shiva-linga of modem times, must have been used for worship. Concerning the existence of the temples at Harappa, Sir John Marshall does not seem to have any doubt....
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Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) [by K. Vidyuta]
Though the Indus Valley sites of Harappa and Mohenjadaro provide substantial evidence to the extensive town-planning, the time-period of the beginnings of Indian architecture is unknown. Datable architecture started with the monasteries and stupas of the Buddhists and reached its golden age during the Gupta period (320-550 A. D)....
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