Name : History of Indian and Eastern Architecture Volume 2nd

Author : James Fergusson

Book Format : Paperback

Genre : Reference

ISBN : 9788121263887

Language : English

Pages : 601-700 Pages

Publish Year : 2022

Publisher : Gyan Publishing House

About The Book : The volume start with Jaina Architecture, the Jaina Sect sprang up almost` contemporaneously with the Buddhist, Vardhamana, their last apostle, was a native of Vaishali, in Tirhut, a contemporary of Sakhamuni Buddha and died at Pawa in Bihar. The Second chapter is called 'Northern or Indo-Aryan style (Orissa, Wetern India, Central and Northern India, Civil Architecture), the third part is Indian Sarcenic Architecture covering the following areas (Ghazni, Pathan Style, Jaunpur, Gujarat, Malwa, Bengal, Kulbarga, Bijapur, Mughal Architecture, Woodern Architecture. The fourth part is about further India (Burma, Cambodia) Siam, Java). The fifth part is about China and Japan architecture. About The Author : James Fergusson, (1808-1886) was a Scottish-born architectural historian, mainly remembered for his interest in Indian historical architecture and antiquities. He was an important figure in the 19th century rediscovery of ancient India. He was originally a businessman, and though not formally trained as an architect, designed some buildings and decorative schemes.His observations on Indian architecture were first published in his book on The Rock-cut Temples of India, published in 1845. The task of analysing the historic and aesthetic relations of this type of ancient buildings led him further to undertake a historical and critical comparative survey of the whole

Country of Origin : India