{"product_id":"south-india-lower-dravidadesa-encyclopaedia-of-indian-temple-architecture-set-of-2-books-old-and-rare-books-nan177","title":"South India Lower Dravidadesa - Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture (Set of 2 Books)- An Old and Rare Books","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eNAN177\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/book-author\/michael%20w%20meister\/\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Michael W. Meister\"\u003eMichael W. Meister\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/book-publisher\/american%20institute%20of%20indian%20studies\/\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"American Institute of Indian Studies\"\u003eAmerican Institute of Indian Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e1999\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e8173042985\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e700 (Throughout B\/W Illustrations)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e11 inch X 8.5 inch\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-weight\"\u003e3.10 kg\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e This project has taken many years to reach the form in which it is now presented. Intended to help consolidate a generation of research, this Encyclopaedia particularly attempts to codify an appropriate technical terminology for Indian temple architecture, and to illustrate that terminology by chapters which survey the remains of temple architecture in India within a geographic and historical framework. The text and plate volumes presented here cover lower Dravidadesa: these will be followed by volumes on Upper Dravidadesa, Integrated Styles of South India (Vijayanagar and Nayak periods), and by an annotated comprehensive Glossary. North India will be covered in a similar fashion, following a scheme worked out by M.A. Dhaky in 1967. Dhaky, the Associate Director for Research at the A.I.I.S. Centre for Art and Archaeology, Varanasi, serves as Project Coordinator for the South Indian volumes, and has been joined by Krishna Deva for coordination of work on North India.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Terminology may initially overwhelm the reader; and I hope no generation of scholars will slavishly imitate the terminology; but the terms work, and through understanding the terms, their meaning and the categories they establish, the student can approach the temples he studies with a more precise perception. A short reference glossary is provided in this volume; a comparative annotated Glossary giving textual sources is under preparation at the Varanasi Centre. Consistent use of an authentic terminology can become a means to understand the logic of the temple itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Implicit in the organization of the Encyclopaedia is also a statement about \"style,\" that most tantalising of art-historical constructs. Organization begins by region and period; \"styles\" are identified first by region, then by dynasty. Artistic traditions are taken to be rooted in a territory, given shape by dynastic patronage, then spread by the course of empire. Art remains in the hands of craftsmen, however, and \"style\" is seen as located in a nexus between region and patronage. The consequences of these assumptions have been left for others to consolidate, but the resonance and vitality of the scheme gives shape and reference to all information collected in this work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e The style code used throughout for chapter headings and as reference for plates comes from the following style outline:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eStyle Outline\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVol. I, part 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I. Lower Dravidadesa, c. A.D. 650-1324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e A. Early Period, C. A.D. 650-800\u003cbr\u003e 1. Early Tondainandu style, c. A.D. 650-800 Pallavas of Kanci: Phase I\u003cbr\u003e 2. Early Pandinadu style, c. A.D. 775-800 Pandyas of Madurai: Phase I\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e B. Middle Period, c. A.D. 800-1178\u003cbr\u003e 1. Middle Tondainadu style, c. A.D. 800-900\u003cbr\u003e a. Pallavas of Kanci: Phase II\u003cbr\u003e b. Banas of Perumbanavadi\u003cbr\u003e 2. Middle Pandinadu style, c. A.D. 850-950 Pandyas of Madurai: Phase II\u003cbr\u003e 3. Early Colanadu style, c. A.D. 800-1000\u003cbr\u003e a. Muttaraiyars of Nemam and Sndalai\u003cbr\u003e b. Colas of Tanjavur: Phase I\u003cbr\u003e c. Irrukuvels of Kodumbalur\u003cbr\u003e d. Paluvettaraiyars of Paluvur\u003cbr\u003e 4. Late Tondainadu style, c. A.D. 945-975 Rastrakutas of Mankhed: Lower Variation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Middle Colanadu style, c. A.D. 1000-1078 Colas f Tanjavur: Phase II\u003cbr\u003e 6. Pandinadu style (occupation period), c. 11th century A.D. Colas, and Cola-Viceroys of Madurai\u003cbr\u003e 7. Early Kerala style, c. A.D. 800-1000 Ceras of Mahodayapuram, Musakas of Kolam, and Ays of Vilinam\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e C. Late Period, c. A.D. 1070-1324\u003cbr\u003e 1. Late Colanadu style, c. A.D. 1070-1279\u003cbr\u003e a. Colas of Tanjavur: Phase III\u003cbr\u003e b. Pandyas of Madurai (occupation period)\u003cbr\u003e c. Hoysalas of Dorasamudram (occupation period)\u003cbr\u003e 2. Late Pandinadu style, c. A.D. 1216-1324 Pandyas of Madurai: Phase III\u003cbr\u003e 3. Middle Kerala sty;e, c. A.D. 1000-1300 Ceras of Mahodayapuram and Venadu Rulers of Kollam\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVol. I, part 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II. Upper Dravidadesa, c. A.D. 550-1326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVol. I, Part 3\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III. Integrated Styles of South India, c. A.D. 1326-1736\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eConventions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e The system of diacritics used in this volume modifies that of Epigraphia Indica by using c, ch, and s to suit international convention; e and o are used though not needed in Sanskrit, so that e and o can be distinguished in words of Dravidian origin. Conventions for Dravidian words do not follow those of the Tamil Lexicon; they rather, agein, modify those used by Epigraphia Indica and by the Archaeological Survey of India. Words of Tamil origin, pronounced by some communities with an initial s, are spelled here with c as they are in Tamil: words of Sanskrit origin reflect the Sanskrit pronunciation. Early \"Calukya\" and later \"calukya\" spellings are based on inscriptional usage. Place names attempt to reflect local convention, though the hazards of recording place names in the field are many; temple names which end in \"isvara\" here follow the Sanskrit, a practice also followed by Nilakanta Sastri. M.A. Dhaky and K.R. Srinivasan have been the final authorities for place-name spelling. \"English\" spelling is followed in the text; punctuation is \"American.\" Numbers have been spelled out only from one to ten. Clarity and concision have been the goal in editing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/center\u003e \u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd width=\"10%\"\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"80%\"\u003e Preface\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"10%\"\u003e v\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Style Outline\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e v\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Conventions\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e vi\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e vii\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e List of Maps\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e xiii\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Figure References\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e xv\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Andhras, Iksvakus, and Literary Sources\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 2\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Pallavas of Kanci: Phase I\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 23\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Pandyas of Madurai: Phase I\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 81\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 4\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Pallavas of Kanci: Phase II\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 87\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Banas of Perumbanavadi\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 107\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 6\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Pandyas of Madurai: Phase II\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 111\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 7\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Muttaraiyars of Nemam and Sendalai\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 125\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 8\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Colas of Tanjavur: Phase I\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 145\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 9\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Irrukuvels of Kodumbalur\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 199\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 10\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Paluvettaraiyars of Paluvur\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 215\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 11\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Rastrakutas of Mankhed: Lowe Variation\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 219\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 12\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Colas of Tanjavur: Phase II\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 223\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 13\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Colas, and Cola-Viceroys of Madurai\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 261\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 14\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Ceras of Mahodayapuram, Musakas of Kolam, and Ays of Vilinam\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 265\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 15\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Colas of Tanjavur: Phase III\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 289\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 16\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Pandyas of Madurai (Occupation Period)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 331\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 17\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Hoysalas of Dorasamudram (Occupation Period)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 333\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 18\u003c\/td\u003e 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