Remains of Brahmanical Sites and Artefacts Of the three Historical Parks situated not far from each other, Sukhothai, Kamphaeng Phet and Si Satchanalai have been declared Heritage Park have Brahmanical sites and the Brahmanical artefacts discovered from areas around them which are now housed in the Museums there and the National Museum, Bangkok. As many as fourteen images of Hindu gods like […]
Indian Architecture
The Sacred Temple Architecture of India
Temple architecture in India can be traced back over 3000 years, from the early cave temples of Aihole and Ellora to the modern shrines in New Delhi like the Lotus Temple and Akshardham Temple Complex. India’s long history of temple construction has given rise to many styles of architecture, which each embody its design principles, symbolism, and cultural significance. Here, in this […]
Amaravati: An Architectural View
Introduction Amaravati is a great center of Buddhist architecture in Southern India from 200 B.C.E. to 4th century C.E. Buddhism was communicated to the people of the South by Ashoka’s zeal but it remained confined to the lower reaches of Krishna and Godavari rivers. Here we have both rock-cut and structural Buddhist sanctuaries. A few Buddhist sanctuaries in the South are a […]
Dimensions of Architecture in Social, Political & Economical Perspective
It is fortunate occasion to discuss new vistas of Art and Architecture, the theme is based on Dimensions of Architecture in Social, Political and Economical perspective. The era of Indologists like James Fergusson, Vincent Arthur Smith, Percy Brown etc. was descriptive, and the era of Scholars like Ernest Binfield Havell, Ananda Kentish Coomarswamy, Vasudeva Saran Agrawala, Stella Kramrisch was to understand the […]