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Contents

Introduction	10
Residential Spaces	16
Vernacular Architecture	18
Elements of Space and Decoration	20
Architecture and Science	22
Architecture and Water	24
Water Palaces and Pavilions	26
Early Architecture	28
The Vaastu Shastra	30
Sacred Buddhist Spaces	32
The Rock-cut Architecture of Ajanta	36
Building in the Himalayas	40
Sacred Hindu Architecture	42
Hindu Rock-cut Temples	44
The Evolution of the Hindu Temple	46
The Dravidian Style	48
The Pancha Ratha at Mamallapuram	50
The Brihadishwara Temple at Thanjavur	52
Architecture of the Vijayanagara Dynasty	54
The Temples of Kerala	56
Temple Towns of the South	58
The Nagara Style	60
The Sun Temple at Konarak	62
The Nagara Style of Central India	64
Solanki Architecture	66
Hoysala Architecture	68
The Terracotta Temples of Bengal	70
Sacred Jain Architecture	72
The Jain Temples of Mount Abu	74
Sacred Islamic Architecture	76
The Evolution of Islamic Styles	78
The Sultanate Style	80
The Quwwat ul Islam Mosque	82
The Mughal Style	84
The Taj Mahal	90
Later Mughal Architecture	96
Provincial Styles	98
Sacred Sikh Architecture	102
Secular Spaces: The Fort	104
Secular Spaces: The Palace	106
The Rajput Fort and Palace	108
The Gwalior Fort and Palace	112
The Red Fort at Delhi	114
Palaces of South India	116
Fatehpur Sikri	118
Colonial Architecture	122
The Colonial Church	124
The Colonial Fort	126
Commemorative Architecture	128
Civic Buildings	130
Colonial Bungalows	132
Indo-Colonial Architecture	134
Lutyens' Delhi	136
Modern Architecture and Le Corbusier	138
Architecture in India Today	140
Glossary	143
Bibliography	144

The ancient hill fort of Gwalior, gateway to central India, which stretches 3 kilometers across a 100-meter-high rocky plateau. Its long and eventful history led to an interesting amalgam of Hindu, Jain and Islamic architectural features. The fort encompasses a number of palaces, temples and tanks.

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