Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent: From the Mauryas to the Mughals

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Dedication
Prologue: Early India
Part 1: 4th Century BCE–4th Century CE
	Introduction: First Empires
	1.1 Stupa and Monastery in the Early Imperial Era
		1.1.1 Ashokan Foundations
		1.1.2 Monumental Structure in the Shungan Era
		1.1.3 Excavation in the Era of the Early Satavahanas
	1.2 The Transformation of Buddhism
		1.2.1 Manifestation of Transformation: Art and Architecture
	1.3 The Advent of Hinduism and the Esoteric
		1.3.1 Theology and the Invention of the Temple
		1.3.2 Unity in Variety of Symbolic Form
Part 2: 4th–13th Century CE
	Buddhism Eclipsed; Hindus Ascendant
	2.1 The Early Temple: Excavation and Building
	2.2 Deccani Eclecticism and the Dravidian Meru
		2.2.1 Early Chalukyan Derivations
		2.2.2 Early Pallavan Representation
		2.2.3 Return to Ellora for the Apogee of Ecumenical Excavation
		2.2.4 The Cholas and their Neighbours
	2.3 Ascent to Nagara Merus: Latina, Shekhari and Bhumija
		2.3.1 Pratihara Foundations
		2.3.2 Shekhari Proliferation
		2.3.3 Apotheosis of Latina in Orissa
		2.3.4 The Bhumija of the Paramaras and their Neighbours
	2.4 Vesara: Syntheses and Abstraction in Karnataka
		2.4.1 Later Chalukyan Cross-fertilisation
		2.4.2 Hoysala Synthesis
Part 3: 13th–18th Century
	Islam Ascendant: Hindus and Jains Defensive
	3.1 Islam in India and the Pat Tern of Muslim Patronage
	3.2 Afghans, Turks and their Delhi Sultanate
	3.3 Regional Gravity
		3.3.1 Rivals To The Sultanate In The South
		3.3.2 Successors To The Sultanate In The North
	3.4 The Mughals: Advent
	3.5 Return to the Deccan: Qutbshahis and Adilshahis
	3.6 The Mughals: Apogee
Epilogue: Hindustani Syncretism
Notes With Bibliography
Abbreviations
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Glossary
Index