Art and Culture… INDO–ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 It includes architecture that belongs to Turkish, Iranian, Delhi Sultanate, Deccan Sultanate, Mughals and other Muslim rulers which have exhibited an influence of local architecture as well. Muslim architecture was…
Art and Culture… REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT INDIA 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 CHALUKYA ARCHITECTURE, or KARNATAKA ARCHITECTURE 550-1100 Century AD They followed the Vakatakas who themselves folled Satvahanas. Chalukyas included three individual yet related dynasties. The first one was the Badami dynasty…
Art and Culture… GUPTA ARCHITECTURE, 300-550 Century AD 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 Gupta period marked the real beginning of temple architecture in India and is known as the golden period of Indian art. Hindu subjects became focus of the art for the…
Art and Culture… GANDHARA and MATHURA SCHOOL of ART 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 GANDHARA SCHOOL of ART It was here that Buddha was first represented in human form. Sculpture tradition of Gandhara has confluence of Bactria, Parthia and local Gandhara traditions. Thus, the…
Art and Culture… MAURYAN ARCHITECTURE 20 Jul 201927 May 2022 Mauryan architecture exhibits influence of Greeks as Achamaemenian Empire shared borders with Mauryan Empire as well. Monolithic Pillars and Capitols and capitols, bell shape of capitol was perhaps influenced by…
Art and Culture… JAIN ARCHITECTURE 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 Jainas were prolific temple builders like the Hindus, and their sacred shrines and pilgrimage spots are to be found across the length and breadth of India except in the hills.…
Art and Culture… BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 Fortified cities with stupas, viharas, and temples were constructed during the Maurya Empire (321–185 BCE). Buddhism and Jainism introduced the art of rock-cut caves. The caves were cut out of…
Art and Culture… HINDU ARCHITECTUAL STYLES 20 Jul 201920 Jul 2019 Shilpshastra defines three types of architectural styles – Nagara, Dravida and Vesara. Today, only temple architecture remains from ancient India, but it doesn’t mean that other types of buildings were…
