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Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Temples of Mamallapuram or Mahabalipuram
Update, 27 April, 2022: [Full title: Temples at Mamallapuram (Mamallapura) or Mahabalipuram (Mahaba... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Bhaumika Vimānas (Temples of South India, Decan and Greater India)
Update, 27 April, 2022: [Full title: Bhaumika Vimānas (the South Indian, the Decanese and the Great... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Temples of Orissa (1): Bhuvaneśvara
Update, 27 April, 2022: Among the orissan group there are three principal sites—Bhuvaneśwara, Puri ... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Śikharottama Prāsādas (Nāgara Temples)—The evolution of Śikhara
Update, 27 April, 2022: This classification of Bhaumika Vimānas and Śikharottama Prāsādas may not b... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Temples of Madura, the final phase (from 1600 A.D.)
Update, 27 April, 2022: Even the brave Vijayanagar succumbed to the confederacy of Mohammadan princ... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Vijayanagara Style (1350—1565 A.D.)
Update, 27 April, 2022: The Dravidian style under the Vijayanagar dynasty is characterised by its g... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Pāṇḍya Prākāras and Gopuras
Update, 27 April, 2022: The Cholas were succeeded by Pāṇḍyas who contributed not so much to the ort... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Chola Temples (Circa 900-1150 A.D.)
Update, 27 April, 2022: The decline of Pallava supremacy brought about an unsettled state of Tamil ... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Pallava Phase (Circa 600 A.D. to 900)
Update, 27 April, 2022: Pallavas may be said to have contributed to the genesis of the Dravidian st... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Kailāśa-nātha and Vaikuṇṭha Perumal
Update, 27 April, 2022: Both these temples of Conjeevaram are remarkable for the upsurge of intelle... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Chalukyan Temples
Update, 27 April, 2022: One of the brilliant and characteristic phases of Indian Architecture is wh... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Chādya-prāsādas and Sabhā-maṇḍapas (Flat-roofed and Hall-temples)
Update, 27 April, 2022: The Hindu Temple, so far as the main shrine is concerned, whether built in ... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Gupta-temples
Update, 27 April, 2022: The Gupta age, the 4th century heralded the dawn of an epoch which eventual... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Chapter 12
Update, 27 April, 2022: [Full title: An outline history of Hindu Temples (The Prāsādas and Vimānas)... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Stūpas (Shrines for Devotion)
Update, 27 April, 2022: After this brief treatment of Rock-cut Architecture from a synthetic standp... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Temples at Ellora and Elephanta
Update, 27 April, 2022: It is a remarkable architectural site, perhaps unique in whole of the count... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Guhārāja Cave-Temples
Update, 27 April, 2022: Something has already been said on the caves and the mountains as providing... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Cave Temples of Ajanta
Update, 27 April, 2022: Now coming to Ajanta it may be said that it is not properly studied. A hist... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Guhādharas (Buddhist rock-cut architecture)
Update, 27 April, 2022: Guhās and Layanas, for all intents and purposes are one and the same—the se... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Layanas—Early Mauryan Specimens
Update, 27 April, 2022: Kondane of the first century, B.C. cut out of the cliff-face consisted of a... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Layanas, Guhādharas and Guhārājas
Update, 27 April, 2022: We have already seen that one of the types of Prāsādas as described in the ... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Introduction
Update, 27 April, 2022: Much has been written on Hindu Temples. Fergusson, Havell Kramrish, Brown a... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Chapter 11
Update, 27 April, 2022: [Full title: The Correspondence of the Prāsādas of Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra wi... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Chapter 10
Update, 27 April, 2022: Something has already been said of Vimāna—vide ‘Denotation and Connotation ... »»

Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [...] Chapter 9
Update, 27 April, 2022: The term ‘Jagatī’ in relation to the temple-architecture or any sacred arch... »»