The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India: Volume 1: Buddhist, Jain, Hindu - Softcover

Michell, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140081445 ISBN 13: 9780140081442

Publisher: Penguin, 1990

Synopsis

This guide to the monuments of India has been divided culturally rather than geographically, with a companion volume on Moslem and British Imperial India. The first part of the book consists a series of chapters of background information - the land and its people, historical perspective, social structure, priests and pilgrims and theory of the temple to enable the visitor to place the sites and monuments in their historical,cultural and religious context. The second part is a gazetteer of principal sites, monuments and related museums arranged into six regions, each with a detailed map, brief historical survey and summary of regional styles in art and architecture. The six regions include North India, the Himalayan valleys, East India, West India, the Deccan and South India.

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Product Description

The first volume covers the Buddhist, Jain and Hindu monuments of India. The introductory section gives a lucid and accessible account of the rise of the three religions and the similarities between them that lend India its cultural cohesiveness.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140081445
• ISBN 13: 9780140081442
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 520