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 29 - Hill Dynasties
This chapter describes Hill Dynasties located on page 93 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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Diaspora of Bhuta (Daiva) worshipping cult—India and Indonesia [by Shilpa V. Sonawane]
The Pandyan dynasty was one of three ancient Tamil dynasties, with the Chola and Chera dynasties. The kings of the aforementioned dynasties are known as the "Three Crowned Kings of Tamilakam". The first Pandyans controlled the southern regions of India from the 4th to the 16th century, when the Pandyan government was concluded. At first they had decided "Pandya Nadu" his country of Kokai, which was a port on the southern tip of the Indian peninsula. From there, they moved to Madurai....
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Triveni Journal
The 9th century saw the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate and the establishment of ‘minor dynasties. Of all these dynasties which sprang up in Persia and Turkistan, the Samanids were the most important and the most powerful. Their descent from the legendary kings of the ancient Kiani dynasty of Persia had a special appeal to the imagination of the people. In them Persian language and literature got its first great patrons. Under their fostering care Persian poetry grew by leaps and bounds....
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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society [by Kaushik Acharya]
With the fall of the Guptas, some new dynasties,e. g. , Panduvamshis, Maitrakas, early Kalacuris, and others, started to gain their power in northern India. It is from the land grant charters issued by the kings of these dynasties except the Maitrakas, a few instances of migration recorded in the early period of our study. (* 1) Govind Sadashiv Ghurye, Indian Costume, p. 43. (* 2) USVAE, vol....
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