ABC/199 - Design development of Indian architecture in 3 parts. Part I

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ABC/199

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Design development of Indian architecture in 3 parts. Part I

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  • [1973] (Creation)

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1 volume

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(17 Oct 1879–20 Mar 1956)

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English architect who as practitioner, teacher and President of the Indian Institute of Architects from 1921 to 1923, played an influential role in development of modern architecture in India in the first half of the 20th Century.

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Part 1/3. A three part series on the design and development of indian architecture with detail drawings, plans, sections and elevations to scale. Plates included are: Hindu Planning-Jain Temple at Ranakpur, Tejpala and Vastupala, Jambuishuar Temple, Trichinopoly and Jaipur City; Mohamedan Planning-Mosque at Kulbarga, Jami Masjid Champanir, Gol Gumbaz Bijapur, Taj mahal, Palace at Delhi; Biddhist Order-Karli Cave Temple near Poona; Ancient Hindu Order-From Kailasa Temple at Ellora; General Hindu Order(dravidian)-Achutya rayal's Temple Vijianagar; General Hindu Order(chalukyan)-Pillars from the Temple of Arvattukambhada, Bankapur, Pillars from the Temple of Madhukesvara, Banavasi; General Hindu Order(chalakyan)-From the Temple of Arvattukambhada, Bankapur, from the Temple of Sambhulinga, Kundgol; General Mohamedan Order-Taken from Rani Sipri's Masjid and Jami Masjid, Ahmedabad; Typical Indian Temple-Temple at Trimbak; A Sacred Hindu Bathing Place-Sacred Tank at Trimbak, near nasik, the source of the river, Godaveri; Hindu Temple-Govind Deva's Temple, Brindaban; Indian Mohamedan Pulpit (mimbar)-From Ahmed Shah's Mosque, Ahmedabad;A Mohamedan Mosque-Baiharir's Mosque at Asarwa Ahmedabad; A Mohamedan Chatri-Entrance Pavillion to Bai Harirs Well at Asarwa Ahmedabad, Mohamedan Enriched Mouldings-From Bai Harirs Tomb, Ahmedabad.

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