Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture - North and South India
author: Michael W. Meister
edition: 1986, American Institute of Indian Studies
pages: 6147
Topic: History
Chapter 24 - Mauryas of Gopagiri and Kanyakubja
This chapter describes Mauryas of Gopagiri and Kanyakubja located on page 3 in the book Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture (North and South India) compiled by Michael W. Meister, George Michell and M. A. Dhaky. These books deal with Indian temples from the early centuries. South India developed the Dravidian style while North India expressed symbolic experimentation of the divine manifestation.
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Temples in and around Madurantakam [by B. Mekala]
Political History (1): Mauryas. The political history of the district begun in the Third Century B. C. with the inclusion of Kancheepuram within the Mauryan Empire, built by Chandragupta Maurya which was in its hey-days during Ashoka the Great. , K. A. Nilakanda Sastri viewed that a part of the Tondaimandalam was included in the Mauryan Empire. The Velurpa!ayam Plates mentions one Asoka Varman among the earliest rulers of Kancheepuram. R....
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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society [by Kaushik Acharya]
Kanyakubja was the original home of the donee Bhatta-Madhava, which is now called Kanauj in Uttar Pradesh....
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A Historical Study of Kaushambi [by Nirja Sharma]
from Ahoganga Parvata to Soreya, from Soreya to Sankasya, from Sankarya to Kanyakubja and thence to Udumbara, Aggalapura and Sahajati, the last-mentioned place being reached also by boat....
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