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

Prologue: Early India p.1, Part 1: 4th Century Bce-4th Century CE: Introduction: First Empires p.16, 1.1 Stupa And Monastery In The Early Imperial Era p.23, 1.1.1 Ashokan Foundations p.23, 1.1.2 Monumental Structure In The Shungan Era p.26, 1.1.3 Excavation in The Era of the Early Satavahanas p.30, 1.2 The Transformation of Buddhism p.40, 1.2.1 Manifestation of Transformation: Art and Architecture p.43, 1.3 The Advent of Hinduism and The Esoteric p.52, 1.3.1 Theology and the Invention of the Temple p.59, 1.3.2 Unity in Variety of Symbolic form p.62, Part 2: 4th- 13th Century CE: Buddhism Eclipsed; Hindus Ascendant p.64, 2.1 The Early Temple: Excavation and Building p.67, 2.2 Deccani Eclecticism and the Dravidian Meru p.86, 2.2.1 Early Chalukyan Derivations p.86, 2.2.2 Early Pallavan Representation p.104, 2.2.3 Return to Ellora for the Apogee of Ecumenical Excavation p.118, 2.2.4 The Cholas and Their Neighbours p.126, 2.3 Ascent to Nagara Merus: Latina, Shekhari and Bhumija p.144, 2.3.1 Pratihara Foundations p.144, 2.3.2 Shekhari Proliferation p.163, 2.3.3 Apotheosis of Latina in Orissa p.178, 2.3.4 The Bhumija of the Paramaras and Their Neighbours p.187, 2.4 Vesara: Syntheses And Abstraction in Karnataka p.194, 2.4.1 Later Chalukyan Cross- Fertilisation p.194, 2.4.2 Hoysala Synthesis p.203, Part 3: 13th-18th Century: Islam Ascendant: Hindus And Jains Defensive p.212, 3.1 Islam in India and The Pattern of Muslim Patronage p.221, 3.2 Afghans, Turks And Their Delhi Sultanate p.227, 3.3 Regional Gravity p.242, 3.3.1 Rivals to the Sultanate in the South p.242, 3.3.2 Successors to the Sultanate in the North p.270, 3.4 The Mughals: Advent p.300, 3.5 Return to the Deccan: Qutbshahis and Adilshahis p.323, 3.6 The Mughals: Apogee p.333, Epilogue: Hindustani Syncretism p.361, Notes with Bibliography p.374, Abbreviations 392, Sources of Images p.392, Glossary p.393, Index p.395