Samrāṅgṇasūtradhār
Decoding the Historical Architectural Treatise
Seiten
2025
Routledge India (Verlag)
978-1-032-22275-2 (ISBN)
Routledge India (Verlag)
978-1-032-22275-2 (ISBN)
This book presents an interpretive architectural analysis of select content of the Samarāṇgaṇa Sūṭraḍhāra, explores the design process to generate temples, palaces and dwelling units and discusses its correlation with contemporary architectural paradigms.
The Samrāṅgṇasūtradhār compiled around the 11th century by Rājā Bhoj is a significant treatise on architecture from pre-colonial India. The book presents and interpretive architectural analysis of select content of the Samrāṅgṇasūtradhār,explores the design process to generate temples, palaces, and dwelling units, and discusses its correlation with contemporary architectural paradigms. Also, the book looks at contemporary issues of identity and culture, as well as critical issues int he historiography of architecture in the postcolonial Indian subcontinent while unveiling layers of the traditional knowledge systems informing the popular idiom of the Vāstū Shastra. Strongly rooted in archival resources, this book will be indispensable for scholars of history of Indian architecture, heritage studies, South Asian history, conversation, architectural design processes, computational architecture, and postcolonial studies.
The Samrāṅgṇasūtradhār compiled around the 11th century by Rājā Bhoj is a significant treatise on architecture from pre-colonial India. The book presents and interpretive architectural analysis of select content of the Samrāṅgṇasūtradhār,explores the design process to generate temples, palaces, and dwelling units, and discusses its correlation with contemporary architectural paradigms. Also, the book looks at contemporary issues of identity and culture, as well as critical issues int he historiography of architecture in the postcolonial Indian subcontinent while unveiling layers of the traditional knowledge systems informing the popular idiom of the Vāstū Shastra. Strongly rooted in archival resources, this book will be indispensable for scholars of history of Indian architecture, heritage studies, South Asian history, conversation, architectural design processes, computational architecture, and postcolonial studies.
Neena Singh Zutshi is an architect with a keen interest in the intersections of theory, practice, and history.
1. Introduction 2. Scholarship 3. Samrāṅgṇasūtradhār 3.1 Context 3.2 Content 4. Architecture 4.1 Theoretical concerns 4.2 Practical implications 5. Analytical ruminations 6. Associative discussion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 31 Tables, black and white; 57 Halftones, black and white; 57 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 630 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-22275-1 / 1032222751 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-22275-2 / 9781032222752 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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