Architecture

3 notes tagged Architecture.

• Art & Culture

  Cave Architecture and Buddhist Art in India

  Chaitya halls and viharas, Ajanta and Ellora across their artistic phases, Mahabalipuram's Pallava rathas, Sanchi and Kanaganahalli, and the aniconic-to-iconic shift UPSC tests.

• Art & Culture

  Temple Architecture Styles of India

  Nagara, Dravida and Vesara from first principles, Khajuraho, Thanjavur, Belur, Halebidu and Somnathpur as worked examples, and the Sun Temples of Konark, Modhera and Martand.

• Art & Culture

  Indo-Islamic Architecture: Sultanate to Awadh

  The Qutb Minar complex, Tughlaq austerity, Akbar's Fatehpur Sikri, Shah Jahan's Taj Mahal and Red Fort, and Awadh's Bara Imambara maze, ruler by ruler.