A Social History of Indian Architecture

By V.S. Pramar

This volume is unique in examining the geographical, historical, and functional aspects of architecture in India. Looking beyond the point of view of dynasties, periods or religions, the book traces the various social and historical developments in the field. Following a multi-disciplinary approach that emphasizes sociological aspects, the volume examines in detail, settlement patterns, the architecture of individual houses and chaityas, as also structural materials used for their construction, in addition to those of palaces, funerary monuments, temples, mosques, and monasteries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195670396
• ISBN13: 9780195670394
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 266 Pages