Indian art and culture / Architecture
Nagara temples of north, west and east India
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Latina (rekha-prasada), phamsana, valabhi, shekhari and bhumija shikhara forms
- Kalinga style: deul, jagamohana, natamandira, bhogamandapa; Lingaraja, Jagannath Puri, Mukteshvara, Konark (Ganga dynasty)
- Khajuraho (Chandela): Kandariya Mahadeva, Lakshmana, Vishvanatha; sandhara plan, erotic sculpture
- Chausath Yogini at Mitaoli (Morena): circular, Kachchhapaghata dynasty, Shakta cult, not the only circular yogini temple; Parliament resemblance belief
- Solanki (Maru-Gurjara): Modhera Sun temple, Dilwara Jain temples at Mount Abu (white marble), Rani-ki-Vav stepwell
- Kashmir (Martand Sun temple, Pandrethan), Himachal and Kumaon wooden and stone temples (Chamba, Jageshwar)
- Sun temples: Konark, Modhera, Martand, Arasavalli (Andhra), Katarmal, Osian; Amarkantak and Omkareshwar are Shiva sites
Where to study
An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, pp. 2-35 (printed 69-102)
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, The Nagara or North Indian Temple Style (latina, phamsana, valabhi, shekhari, bhumija), pp. 4-6 (printed 71-73)
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, East India (Odisha: deul, jagamohana, Lingaraja, Konark), pp. 9-13 (printed 76-80)
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, Central India (Khajuraho: Kandariya Mahadeva, Lakshmana); Lakshmana Temple in Khajuraho, pp. 7-8 (printed 74-75)
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, Lakshmana Temple in Khajuraho, pp. 33-34 (printed 100-101)
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, Central India (Chausath Yogini temple, Morena), p. 8 (printed 75)
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, West India (Solanki temples, Modhera Sun temple, Dilwara at Mount Abu), pp. 8-9 (printed 75-76)
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, The Hills (Kashmir, Kumaon, Himachal temples), pp. 13-15 (printed 80-82)
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, West India; East India; The Hills (Modhera, Konark, Martand Sun temples), pp. 8-13 (printed 75-80)
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
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Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, pp. 1-15 (printed 79-93)
UNESCO World Heritage Convention: India, properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (with inscription years) and Tentative List
- Cultural properties: Sun Temple, Konarak (1984)
- Cultural properties: Khajuraho Group of Monuments (1986)
- Cultural properties: Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen's Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat (2014)