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Ancient Indian architecture ranges from the Indian Bronze Age to around 800 CE. By this endpoint Buddhism in India had greatly declined, and Hinduism was predominant, and religious and secular building styles had taken on forms, with great regional variation, which they largely retain even after some forceful changes brought about by the arrival of first Islam, and then Europeans.
Ancient Indian torana sacred gateway architecture has influenced gateway architecture across Asia, specially where Buddhism was transmitted from India; Chinese paifang gateways, [169] Japanese torii gateways, [170] Korean Hongsalmun gateways, [171] and Sao Ching Cha in Thailand [172] have been derived from the Indian torana. The functions of ...
A building is defined as any human-made structure used or interface for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy. In order to qualify for this list, a structure must: be a recognisable building; incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height;
Architecture of a Hindu temple (Nagara style). These core elements are evidenced in the oldest surviving 5th–6th century CE temples. Hindu temple architecture as the main form of Hindu architecture has many different styles, though the basic nature of the Hindu temple remains the same, with the essential feature an inner sanctum, the garbha griha or womb-chamber, where the primary Murti or ...
Ancient universities of the Indian subcontinent (1 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Ancient Indian buildings and structures" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Hindu architecture is the traditional system of Indian architecture for structures such as temples, monasteries, statues, homes, market places, gardens and town planning as described in Hindu texts. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The architectural guidelines survive in Sanskrit manuscripts and in some cases also in other regional languages.
Though most of the structures have decayed and are lost, India's legacy of ancient forts is seen mostly in the shastras (ancient Indian treatises) and in the reliefs on stupas. [5] On some of the early relief work, the carvings indicate that ancient Indian forts have crenellations, embrasures, and sloping walls. [3]
Ancient Indian buildings and structures (1 C, 2 P) L. Ancient libraries (2 C, 25 P) Ancient lighthouses (2 P) N. Ancient Near East buildings and structures (4 C, 2 P) O.