The Art and Architecture of the KākatīyasThe book for the first attempts to embody a comprehensive study on the architecture and art of the kakatiyas, a medieval kingdom of south India. The existing historiography on the kakatiyas only reveal the political and economical conditions of the period. Elaborate discussions are made in the book on the vertical axis of the temple such as Upapeetha, Adhisthana, Padavarga, Prasthara and Vimanas with their typo-technological aspects. The book corroborates texts and traditions of the kakatiyas period in building activity along with explanation on terminology on terminology which facilities the readers. |
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adhiṣṭhānas adhōpadma Alampur Andhra Pradesh Andhradesa antarāļa Archaeology architrave ardhamaṇḍapa B.R. Prasad Bejjanki Belur bhūmija Buddhist carved ceiling central century A.D. Chalukyan Chalukyan temples Chola datable decorated Delhi designs doorways examples figure sculptures garbhagṛha Ghanpur Gopala Reddy Halebid Hoyasala temples Hyderabad Ibid Indian inscription Jakaram Kākatīya Kākatīya architects Kākatīya period Kakatiya temples Kalyana Chalukyan Kampa kapōta Karimnagar District kōṣṭas Kṛṣṇa Kumuda Kusumanchi later Chalukyan layer lintel M.R.K. Sarma main temple makara mandapa Manthani motifs moulding Murthy Nagara Nagulapadu Nalgonda District Nidikonda Op.cit ornamental padavarga Padma Pallava Paṭṭika pilasters Pillalamarri plain Plate prākāra prastara projections Rama Rao Ramanaiah Ramanujapur Ramappa rangamaṇḍapa Rāṣṭrakūta sabhāmaṇḍapa Sastry seen Settar sikhara Silpa Śiva Sivanagi Reddy Somasila South India square Srisailam sthambhas sthambhika stone structures Subrahmanyam subsidiary shrines superstructure temple at Hanumakonda temple at Palampet temples built Thousand pillared temple tōraṇa upāna upapiṭha vargams vimānas walls Warangal District