Indian art and culture / Architecture
Origins of the structural temple (Gupta and Chalukya experiments)
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Garbhagriha, mandapa, shikhara or vimana, antarala, vahana, jagati; panchayatana layout
- Sanchi temple 17, Deogarh Dashavatara (Nagara shikhara, Sheshashayi panel), Bhitargaon brick temple, Nachna, Eran, Tigawa
- Aihole (Ladkhan, Durga, Huchimalligudi with Nagara shikhara), Badami Malegitti Shivalaya (Dravida)
- Panchayatan: main shrine with four subsidiary shrines at the corners (Deogarh, Khajuraho Lakshmana)
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 Basic Form of the Hindu Temple (garbhagriha, mandapa, shikhara or vimana, vahana), p. 3 (printed 70)
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, Early Temples; The Nagara or North Indian Temple Style: Central India (Deogarh Dashavatara, Sanchi temple 17), pp. 2-7 (printed 69-74)
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, Architecture in the Deccan (Badami, Aihole, Pattadakal experiments), pp. 19-21 (printed 86-88)
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, The Nagara or North Indian Temple Style: Central India (panchayatana plan at Deogarh), p. 6 (printed 73)
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 11 Buildings, Paintings and Books
- ch. 11 Buildings, Paintings and Books, pp. 1-13 (printed 114-126)
- ch. 11 Buildings, Paintings and Books, Buildings in brick and stone (Bhitargaon brick temple), pp. 1-3 (printed 114-116)
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 2
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 9 Cultural Development in South India, Badami (Vatapi); Pattadakal, pp. 147-148 (printed 143-144)