Description |
1 online resource (xv, 255 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Contemporary Indian studies |
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Contemporary Indian studies.
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Contents |
Desire, devotion, and the double-storied temple -- A paradigm shift -- Acts of accommodation -- Axes and the mediation of worship -- Epilogue: A new sacred center |
Summary |
In the flux created by the Mughal conquest, Hindu landholders of eastern India began to build a spectacularly beautiful new style of brick temple, known as Ratna. This "bejeweled" style combined features of Sultanate mosques and thatched houses, and included second-story rooms conceived as the pleasure grounds of the gods, where Krishna and his beloved Radha could rekindle their passion. Pika Ghosh uses art historical, archaeological, textual, and ethnographic approaches to explore this innovation in the context of its times. Includes 82 stunning black-and-white images of rarely photographed structures. Published in association with the American Institute of Indian Studies |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Temples -- India -- Bengal
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Architectural terra-cotta -- India -- Bengal
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Terra-cotta sculpture, Indic -- India -- Bengal
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Architecture -- India -- Bengal -- History
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Architecture and religion.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Religious.
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Architectural terra-cotta
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Architecture
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Architecture and religion
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Temples
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Terra-cotta sculpture, Indic
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Tempels.
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India -- Bengal
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India.
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Bengalen.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780253023537 |
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025302353X |
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