Before the Muslim conquest, Gujarat was under the influence of Jainism. The master-craftsmen whom the Muslims employed to construct their buildings adopted Hindu and Jain designs with necessary...
By the time of prominence of Chandelas, the Indian temple form had fully developed. The objective of the temple was that a devotee comes to it with the...
A beautiful variant of Nagara style is found in Rajputana and Gujarat. It is characterised by a free use of columns, carved with all imaginable richness, strut brackets,...
There are plenty of terracotta seals and figurines which have been recovered from Harappan sites which range from toys to cult objects such as mother goddess to birds...
The topography of the Western Ghats along with the political patronage suited to the development of Buddhist Caves in many of the hills, ravines and cliffs of the...
South India carried on the classical tradition of Dravida style as transmitted by the Pallava dynasty of rulers to the Cholas of Gangaikonda Cholapuramand the Pandyas of Madurai....
The three most important temples of Orissa are Muktesvara temple, Rajarani temple and the Lingaraja temple. The Mukteswara temple is regarded as a gem of Orissan architecture. It...
Dravidian style temples consist almost invariably of the four following parts: The principle part, the temple itself, is called the Vimana (or Vimanam). It is always square in...
Gupta Period is called Golden or Classical age of India partially due to the unprecedented activities and development in the arts, architecture, sculpture, painting and literature. The rock...
Under Shah Jahan, Mughal architecture reached its culminating point. The style of his reign is characterised by a new wave of Persian inspiration, but we should bear in...
