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Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains
Architecture, Religion, and Nature in the Central Himalayas
Nachiket Chanchani's innovative study explores scores of stone edifices and steles that were erected in this landscape. Through their forms, locations, interactions with the natural environment, and sociopolitical context, these lithic ensembles evoked legendary worlds, embedded historical memories in the topography, changed the mountain range's appearance, and shifted its semiotic effect.
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Reviews
"[A]n indispensable resource."—The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
"[B]eautifully written, deeply engrossing, and insightfully interdisciplinary book."—Journal of Asian Studies
"This delightful, well-illustrated study of Central Himalayan temple architecture and statuary marks a significant addition to the history of Uttarakhand."—The Indian Economic and Social History Review
"The author's holistic approach is particularly stimulating; he does not look at temples simply as archaeological monuments inserted into an often-blurry historical context, but as symptoms of larger phenomena that he investigates, combining geographical, ecological, literary, historical, political, social, epigraphical, religious, cultural, stylistic and architectural perspectives."—Arts Asiatiques
Endorsements
"An ambitious and engaging book that encourages readers to consider how this geographically challenging and stunningly beautiful region gradually emerged as a sacred landscape with some of South Asia's most important Hindu pilgrimage sites located in its farthest reaches."—Crispin Branfoot, Reader in the History of South Asian art and archaeology, SOAS University of London
"Arguing for parallels in temple architecture and evolving places of pilgrimage in both the Central Himalaya and more distant places such as Gujarat, Nachiket Chanchani introduces hitherto less explored aspects of potential connections to enrich studies of early medieval India. A fine example of the dialogue between history and art history."—Romila Thapar, author of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300
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Hardback | |
April 1, 2019 | |
9780295744513 | |
English | |
288 | |
80 color illus., 26 b&w illus., 5 maps | |
10.00 Inches (US) | |
7.00 Inches (US) | |
1.25 Pounds (US) | |
$70.00 USD, £56.00 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
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