Description: THE HINDU TEMPLE. By Stella Kramrisch, Professor of Indian Art, University Of Calcutta. Photographs By Raymond Burnier. This a 1976 reprint in two volumes; Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi etal. Bound in maroon titled white cloth. 466-pages of text plus 80 full-page black/white plates. BOTH VOLUMES ARE NOT NEW BUT IN NEAR MINT CONDITION - NEVER READ This two-volume work explains in detail the religious and spiritual significance of the temple by means of copious references to Sanskrit texts--both sacred and scientific. This most comprehensive and authoritative treatise of ancient Indian Temple Architecture will prove of immense help to the students of ancient Indian culture. Contents (Vol. 1) PART I: The Site, Part II: The Plan, Part III: Plan and Supernal Man, Part IV: The Substances of which the temple is built, Names and Origins of the Temple, Part VI. The Superstructure, Part VII: Proportionate Measurement and Varieties of the Temple (Volume 2) Part VIII: The Images of the Temple, Explanation of Plates, Appendix, Sources, Index, Plates I-IXXX.
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Book Title: The Hindu Temple
Author: Stella Kramrisch
Topic: Architecture
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: Xii, 466 Pages
