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Early Indian Architecture: Cities and City-Gates
Early Indian Architecture Cities and CityGates Author:Ananda K. Coomaraswamy This book is a study of the subject based mainly on the information as available in early Pali literature and as represented in the reliefs of Bharhut, Sanchi and Amaravati. The work is divided into two parts: Part I deals with cities and city-gates, etc. while Part II is on the Bodhi-gharas i.e., representations of the Bodhi-tree with or withou... more »t a temple structure. There are many details about the lay-out of early cities, alongwith their different components, architectural terms as available in early texts and illustrations with copious notes on each. Reprinted from 1991 edition.« less