108 Portraits of Indian Architecture

108 Portraits of Indian Architecture
Each epoch of India’s history presents a built heritage that is unique to that period and to its many specific regions—quite unlike anything seen anywhere else in the world. Beginning with the urban planning of the Indus Valley to the late eighteenth century—spanning about 4,400 years—Indian architecture presents an intricate and complex landscape of buildings and materials.

Dwellings, temples and public spaces feature numerous styles which have evolved from the canons and traditional texts of architecture, from the Samrangan Sutradhar to the Vastu Shastra.

This book presents a visual journey that follows a fascinating trail of these multiple developments from the earliest times to the post-medieval era of modern architecture, including a brief look at contemporary Indian architecture of the late twentieth century.

This book is a part of the 108 Portraits of Indian Culture and Heritage series of 14 titles which presents an encyclopaedic view of India’s immeasurable traditional knowledge, each tracing the development and history of a unique discipline. The books are on Indian Traditional Art, Modern and Contemporary Art, Music, Dance, Sculpture, Architecture, Objects, Food, Printmaking, Design, Vernacular and Indigenous Art, Textile, Crafts and Photography