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      Muslim influence in the floral decoration on the pillar capitals of a building.

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       Illustrations © 2004 Suparna Bhalla and Surat Kumar Manto

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       top (t); bottom (b); middle (m); left (1), right (r)

      P. Aditya: p p. 23 (r, m, b), 26 (b), 78 (bl), 79, 140 (t); Suparna Bhalla: pp. 10 (ml), 11, 30, 31 (r), 33 (b), 34 (b), 37 (b), 42 (tl & m), 45 (t), 47 (r), 49 (r), 50 (1), 52 (t), 53 (tl), 58 (b), 60, 69 (b), 71 (t), 78 (b), 80 (b), 85 (r), 88 (t & b), 92 (t & br), 99, 107 (t), 109 (br), 114-15 (b), 115 (mr), 116 (b), 11 9 (b), 126 (ml), 127 (m), 132 (tl), 134 (b), 137 (b); Michael Freeman: endpapers, pp. 1, 2, 4-5, 6, 8-9, 38-9, 86-7, 90-1, 93, 120-1; R. K. Gaur: pp. 10 (b), 18-19 (t), 22, 25 (mr), 31 (t & b), 32 (t), 41 (br), 54 (b), 65 (b), 68 (b), 97 (tr), 105 (t), 108 (t), 109 (t), 112 (tl), 112-13 (b), 113, 118 (m); Robert Harding: pp. 40-1 (b); Alpana Khare: p. 19 (b); Rupinder Khullar: pp. 14, 15 (t), 16 (t), 17 (tr), 21 (b), 23 (t), 32 (b), 34 (t), 37 (t), 40 (t), 41 (tr), 42 (br), 44 (b), 45 (r), 46, 48 (t), 49 (l), 51 (b), 55 (t), 56, 57 (b), 58 (t), 59 (br), 64 (t), 69 (t), 70 (b), 71 (b), 78 (ml), 80 (tl), 82, 83 (br), 85 (t), 92 (bl), 95, 96, 98 (tl), 99, 100 (tl & br), 101, 110-11, 116 (t), 118 (tl & b), 122 (t), 123 (tl), 133, 134 (t), 135, 136, 137 (t), 138, 139, 141 (t); Sural Kumar Manto: pp. 16 (b), 29 (t), 40 (bl), 52 (b), 55 (b), 77, 82-3, 94-5, 98, 102-3 (b), 112 (b l), 129 (t); National Musewn, new Delhi: pp. 10 (tl), 28 (t), 29 (b), 84 (t); V. Muthuraman: pp. 13, 17 (tl & br), 48 (b), 53 (t r & b), 57 (t & m), 59 (t), 125; John Panikar: p. 140 (b); G. C. Otto: pp. 12 (ml), 36, 47 (b), 124 (It & r); Otto Pfister: p. 25 (ml); Ram Rehman: p. 141 (b); Raj Rewal: p. 142; Kamal Sahai: pp. 12 (br), 15 (b), 50 (br), 70 (t), 89, 123 (tr & b), 124 (bl), 127 (b), 130, 131; Ayesha Sarkar: p. 76 (t); Toby Sinclair: pp. 28 (b), 132 (b); B. B. S. Walia: pp. 12 (tl), 19 (m), 21 (mr), 26 (t), 27, 35, 43, 44 (t), 47 (t), 54 (t), 61, 62 (t & br), 63, 65 (t & m), 68 (t), 76 (b), 78 (t), 81, 84 (b), 103, 104, 105 (b), 107 (b), 109 (bl), 114 (t 1), 115 (t & ml), 116 (m), 117, 119 (tl & r), 129 (b); Henry Wilson: pp. 3, 18, 20, 21 (tl & r), 24, 25 (tl & r), 33 (t), 51 (t), 62 (bl), 64 (b), 66, 67, 72, 73, 74, 75, 80 (ml), 88 (m), 97 (tl), 100 (ml), 106, 108 (b), 122 (b), 127 (t), 129.

      Endpapers: Detail of the original blue, white and yellow tile work on the façade of the Man Mandir palace at Gwalior Fort.

      The ornate screened façade of the Hawa Mahal in Jaipur where women could sit in seclusion enjoying the view and the breezes.

      Rock-cut Jain statues below Gwalior Fort.

      Contents

Introduction	10
Residential Spaces	16
Vernacular Architecture	18
Elements of Space and Decoration	20
Architecture and Science	22
Architecture and Water	24
Water Palaces and Pavilions	26
Early Architecture	28
The Vaastu Shastra	30
Sacred Buddhist Spaces	32
The Rock-cut Architecture of Ajanta	36
Building in the Himalayas	40
Sacred Hindu Architecture	42
Hindu Rock-cut Temples	44
The Evolution of the Hindu Temple	46
The Dravidian Style	48
The Pancha Ratha at Mamallapuram	50
The Brihadishwara Temple at Thanjavur	52
Architecture of the Vijayanagara Dynasty	54
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