Architecture in medieval India: forms, contexts, histories

Juneja, Monica (ed.)

ISBN: 9788178242286, 8178242281

This book pulls together diverse writings on the subject, revealing an impressive array of ideas about India's past through the study of its monuments.

The architecture of ancient Delhi: especially the buildings around the Kutb Minar, ed. and rev. edn. by Henry Hardy Cole, introductory note by B.M. Pande.

ISBN: 9788173055386, 8173055386

In this volume, the author has made a careful investigation of the architectural heritage in the vicinity of the Kutb and contains some of the best photographs taken in 19th century. A fresh introductory note has been added which further enhances the value of this volume.

Architecture of ancient Tamil Nadu: the Kallanai dam story

Ghosh, Satyajit et al.

ISBN: 9789385462665, 9385462660

Architecture of Delhi, (1320 A.D.-1388 A.D.)

Rani, Abha

ISBN: 9789350500811, 9350500817

The period of 1320-1388 AD saw most of the northern and central India being ruled by the three kings of Tughluq dynasty who established the strongest and most creative state in the history of Delhi Sultanate. This volume includes in-depth analysis of the architecture of Delhi under the Tughluqs.

The architecture of Hasmukh C. Patel: selected projects 1963-2003

Desai, Catherine et al

ISBN: 9781935677659, 1935677659

Hasmukh Patel's architectural practice spanned the transformative latter decades of the 20th century. This book is both a tribute to Patel and a contribution to the ongoing documentation of modern Indian architecture, the gathering of a canon of works to inspire and inform the next generation. Included here are 51 of Patel's buildings, many published for the first time. Each project has been me...

The architecture of I.M. Kadri, special photography by Rajesh Vora

Mehta, Kaiwan

ISBN: 9789385285301, 9385285300

The book traces the body of work of Iftikhar M. Kadri, founder, partner and principal architect of IMK Architects, who began his practice in Mumbai in the 1950s. He contributed greatly to the design of emerging typologies like the high-rise apartment, the office tower and the hospitality industry in Mumbai and India, going on to build in the Middle East, Hong Kong, Tajikistan, Malaysia, and so on.

The architecture of Lucknow and its dependencies, 1722-1856: a descriptive inventory and an analysis of Nawabi types

Tandan, Banmali

ISBN: 9788125909934, 8125909931

Architecture of Lucknow: Imambaras and Karbalas, photographs by Anil Mehrotra and Hindi text by Ashutosh Shukla

Das, Neeta (b.1963)

ISBN: 9788176465755, 8176465755

The architecture of Lucknow is an example of 18th and 19th century India. The Nawabs of Awadh who ruled from this city built many splendid structures mainly Kothis (villas), Imambaras (building where Muharram is commemorated), and Karbalas (shrines, burial places). This book elaborates on the history of the city, its various monuments and specially the Imambara complexes. The text has been eluc...

Architecture of Manasara, text with English tr., notes and index, re-edited S Jain, 3 vols.

Acharya, Parasanna Kumar

Architecture of Manasara: text with English translation and critical notes, tr. by Prasanna Kumar Acharya, 3 vols., rev. and ed. by N C Panda

ISBN: 9788180902796, 8180902796

Architecture of Santiniketan: Tagore's concept of space

Das, Samita

ISBN: 9789381523384, 938152338X

It is a search for the clues hidden in Rabindranath Tagore's philosophy and architecture that will link the past with the present. This book highlights Tagore's architectural vision through his writings.

The architecture of Shivdatt Sharma, foreword by Balkrishna V Doshi

Prakash, Vikramaditya

ISBN: 9788189995676, 8189995677

Shivdatt Sharma (b.1931) is one of the most prolific Indian modernist architects. This well-illustrated book documents Sharma's work from the early days, when it was a part of the experimental and innovative ethos of Chandigarh, to the present.

The architecture of the Hindus, ed. and rev. edn., introduction by B.M. Pande

Raz, Ram

ISBN: 9788173055492, 8173055491

Ram Raz's essay on Hindu architecture is a pioneering work based on the study of Hindu temple architecture as described in ancient texts on the subject. The volume, first published in 1834, has long been out-of-print and is being re-issued with a new introduction. The work is of outstanding value not withstanding the change in perception due to new material and research.

Architecture of the Indian desert

Jain, Kulbhushan et al.

ISBN: 9788190109857, 8190109855

The architecture of the Indian Sultanates, ed. by Abha Narain Lambah et al

ISBN: 9788185026756, 8185026750

The period of Sultanates is typically defined as beginning with the Ghurid incursions into the plains of north India in the 1190's, and ending with the coming of Mughals in 1526. Thirty five Sultans ruled from Delhi, and many more in the provinces, effecting the maturation of a style that progressed from an architecture of demolition and recycling to a mature synthesis of East and West, creatin...

Architecture, time and eternity: studies in the stellar and temporal symbolism of traditional buildings, 2 vols

Snodgrass, Adrian

ISBN: 9788185179308, 8185179301

This is a study of the stellar and temporal symbolism of traditional buildings. It is a comprehensive work that spans from the generalities of symbolism of time in general, to the temporal symbolism in Indian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Christian, Chinese, Islamic, North American Indian, African, South American Indian, and Mesoamerican architectures.;

Arms & armour at the Jaipur court: the royal collection

Elgood, Robert

ISBN: 9789383098774, 9383098775

This book is one in a series illustrating the collections of the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, City Palace, Jaipur. The author has selected 186 of the most interesting arms in the Jaipur royal palace and discusses them as weapons in their social and historical context. The book breaks new ground in Indian arms scholarship and is also a very readable account that takes in Rajput, Mughal an...

Arms and armour: traditional weapons of India

Paul, E Jaiwant

ISBN: 9788174363404, 8174363408

This book traces the development of the weapons of the Indian warrior, from the earliest to modern times, and also provides illustrations of a wide variety of the arms and armour discussed.

Arpita Singh

Ananth, Deepak

ISBN: 9780670087860, 0670087866

Arpita Singh is one of the pioneers of her generation. This is a book on the life and works of Arpita Singh. Deepak Ananth, the art historian has worked on the text and engages with her artistic strategies and provides an overview of her practice while being deeply attentive to the poetics of language.

Arpita Singh: exhibition of paintings, oils and water colours, 29th September-31st October, 1994

Simha, Arpita