7th-8th Century Ce
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ancient Indian architecture
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Brahmanical Religion
Buddhist Sites
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Century CE
cultural integration history
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Dhyani Buddhas
early Indian temple archaeology
eighth
Eighth Century Ce
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gujarat
Holy Bath
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Inscriptional Data
Jaina Community
Jaina Images
Jaina Temple
Kheda District
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North Gujarat
Periplus Maris Erythraei
pilgrimage site research
prabhas
Prabhas Patan
purana
religious iconography analysis
ritual practice studies
Sanskrit epigraphy
Sculptural Data
Seventh Century Ce
Shiva Lingas
sixth
Sixth Century Ce
skanda
Skanda Purana
Tamil Nadu
Uma Mahesvara
Vedic Studies
Votive Stupas
Western Indian Ocean
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- ISBN 9780367177300
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 25 Apr 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This volume focuses on the religious shrine in western India as an institution of cultural integration in the period spanning 200 BCE to 800 CE. It presents an analysis of religious architecture at multiple levels, both temporal and spatial, and distinguishes it as a ritual instrument that integrates individuals and communities into a cultural fabr
Susan Verma Mishra is Project Associate, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, India.
Himanshu Prabha Ray is Chairperson, Academic Committee, Project Mausam, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, India. She is Honorary Professor, Distant Worlds, Munich Graduate School of Ancient Studies, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany, and Research Fellow, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, UK.
