Temple Architecture of India

Through lucid visual analysis, accompanied by numerous explanatory drawings, this book will allow readers to appreciate the concepts underlying designs that at first sight often seem bewilderingly intricate. The book will be divided into 6 parts that will cover the history and development of the design and architecture of Indian temples, from their conception to the author's visions for their future. The final two parts will focus on the northern Nagara and the southern Dravida temple architecture. There will be maps locating the sites mentioned in the book, as well as showing the distribution of different kinds of temple. The book will deal with the subject of Indian temple architecture starting from the basics and developing the topic through a lively and accessible text. As the only available book comprehensively treating the principal building type of a major world culture from an architectural perspective, the book will have a lasting appeal for those with a growing interest in 'world architecture'.