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ARCHITECTURE ''Main article: Indian Architecture '' Indian architecture is that vast tapestry of production of the Indian Subcontinent that encompasses a multitude of expressions over space and time, transformed by the forces of history considered unique to the sub-continent, sometimes destroying, but most of the time absorbing. The result is an evolving range of architectural production that none the less retains a certain amount of continuity across history. The earliest production in the Indus Valley Civilization was characterised by well planned cities and houses where religion did not seem to play an active role. The Buddhist period is primarily represented by three important building types- the Chaitya Hall (place of worship), the Vihara (monastery) and the Stupa (hemispherical mound for worship/ memory) - exemplified by the awesome caves of Ajanta and Ellora and the monumental Sanchi Stupa . The Jaina temples are characterised by a richness of detail that can be seen in the Dilwara Temples in Mt.Abu . Early beginnings of Hindu temple architecture have been traced to the remains at Aihole and Pattadakal in present day Karnataka , and have Vedic Altars and late Vedic temples as described by Pāṇini as models. Later, as more differentiation took place, the Dravidian/ Southern style and or the Indo-Aryan/ Northern/ Nagara style of temple architecture emerged as dominant modes, epitomised in productions such as the magnificent Brihadeeswara Temple , Thanjavur , and the Sun Temple , Konark . With the advent of Islam , the arch and dome began to be used and the Mosque or ''masjid'' too began to form part of the landscape, adding to a new experience in form and space. The most famous Islamic building type in India is the tomb or the ''mausoleum'' which evolved from the basic cube and hemisphere vocabulary of the early phase into a more elaborate form during the Mughal period where multiple chambers are present and tombs were set in a garden known as the char-bagh. Well known examples are the Gol Gumbaz , Bijapur and the Taj Mahal , Agra , the latter renowned for its beauty in white marble, its minarets and its setting. With colonisation, a new chapter began. Though the Dutch , Portuguese and the French made substantial forays, it was the English who had a lasting impact. The architecture of the colonial period varied from the beginning attempts at creating authority through classical prototypes to the later approach of producing a supposedly more responsive image through what is now termed Indo-Saracenic architecture- a mixture of Hindu, Islamic and Western elements. ;Various examples of Indian architecture |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Khajuraho" class="copylinks">Khajuraho temple in central India, noted for its elaborate carvings--> |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/South_India" class="copylinks">South India n temple gopuram (temple gate) built almost a millennium ago, but as tall as a modern mid-rise |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Victoria_Memorial" class="copylinks">Victoria Memorial , a specimen of British Indian architecture, which incorporated European Gothic , Persian saracenic and traditional Indian architecture |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Ellora" class="copylinks">Ellora Hindu and Buddhist temples were not constructed, but in fact carved out of solid rock from the top to the bottom |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Sanchi" class="copylinks">Sanchi is the oldest existing structure in India, aside from the Indus Valley Civilization ruins, and a World Heritage Site |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Indus_Valley_civilization" class="copylinks">Indus Valley Civilization contained the world's first pre-planned cities, and had complex systems of drainage that were not equalled until the Roman Empire two millennia later |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Bombay_Stock_Exchange" class="copylinks">Bombay Stock Exchange is an example of 1980s Indian architecture |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Patience_Cooper" class="copylinks">Patience Cooper <br>(1920s - 1940s) |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Nandita_Das" class="copylinks">Nandita Das <br>(1990s - present) |
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