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Early Buddhist Stupa Architecture in India
After the Buddha’s death in the early 4th century BCE, his body was cremated and the remains were divided amongst his followers. According to his last words, his remains were to be enshrined in...
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Gandharan Art and Architecture from Ancient India
Patrons of Gandharan Art and Architecture Ancient Chinese sources claim that the early Kushanas came from the Kan-su region in China but were forced southwest by the Han dynasty. Photo from Flickr The...
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The Rock-Cut Buddhist Architecture of Ajanta
Located north of Aurangabad in the Sahyadri range of Western India, Ajanta is one of the greatest examples of ancient Buddhist monastic rock-cut architecture in all of India. The site dates from 200...
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The Architecture of the Vijayanagara Kingdom in Prehistoric India
Vijayanagara is a South Indian kingdom that controlled large sections of south India during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries of the Common Era. Legend tells that two brothers, Harihara and Bukka,...
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Early Hindu Temples: Deogarh
Resting in modern Uttar Pradesh is one of the earliest extant free-standing Hindu temples in the Indian subcontinent. Deogarh, also known as Devagadh or Luacchagira, dates to the late 5th century CE....
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Medieval Hindu Temples: The Kailasa Temple of Ellora
Often called the most remarkable rock-cut temple in the world, the Kailasa cave at Ellora in Maharashtra is a huge monumental shrine devoted to the home of Shiva. The cave itself symbolizes the cosmic...
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Evolution of Colonial Architecture in India
Contrary to popular belief, it was the Portuguese and not the British who were the first to build major construction projects in India. Don Afonso de Albuquerque landed in Goa during the early 16th...
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Evolution of Islamic Architecture in the North India
Mahmud of Ghazna invaded the Indian subcontinent in the late 10th and early 11th centuries CE. With his invasions, Islam began several centuries of cultural and political dominance on the subcontinent....
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Ancient and Medieval Kashmir-Gateway to the Indian Subcontinent
Northwest India has a rich history extending back thousands of years. It is perhaps the most controversial as well as the most historic region in modern South Asia. Scholars theorize that nearly every...
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Ancient Indian Architects and Craftsmen
Building monuments, constructing sculptures, carving ornate art, and placing all of this side-by-side has been a part of Indian culture since the very first material records. Like other classic...
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