History of Indian Architecure for HARI School students. Presented - March, 13, 2011

1. Indian ArchitectureA History HARI VidyaBhavan

2. “Shilpa-ShaStra” Architecture is… “The art and science of designing buildings and other physical structures”

3. Think of Architecture as… Engineering Art Politics & Culture

4. Timeline Before Common Era (BCE) Common Era (CE) 4000 2000 3000 2000 1000 1000 0 Indus Valley Buddhist & Rock Cut Dravidian Indo-Islamic Mughal Colonial Modern

5. Indus Valley Civilization 1,500 BCE – 200 CE

6. Buddhist Architecture 7,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE Sanchi – Dome of Heavan, 3 BCE

7. Rock-Cut Architecture Kaiashnath Temple Click on icon to see video 7,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE Kailashnath Temple, Ellora – 6 CE

8. Rock-Cut: Ellora caves Ellora caves Click on icon to see 360 deg view Kailashnath Temple, Ellora – 6 CE Carpenter’s Cave, Ellora – 6 CE

9. DRAVIDIAN 200 CE-1526CE Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur 1000 CE Brihadisvara Temple Click on icon to see video

10. Dravidian Temples Meenakshi Temple Click on icon to see video Vimanam over the Inner Sanctum Gopuram, Entrance Spire Pillared Halls Mantapam Water tank Outer Wall Virupakha Temple, Hampi

11. Indo-Islamic & Mughal 1,100-1,800CE India, Pakistan, Bangladesh FatehpurSikri, Agra, Delhi Lahore, Dhaka

12. Indo-Islamic: QutubMinar First major Islamic structure in India Ascent of the Crescent! QutubMinar: 1193 CE

13. INDO-ISLAMIC:Arches & DOmes GolGumbaz- Bijapur, 1659 CE

14. Mughal: Two Architects Akbar Shah Jahan

15. MughaL: Materials

16. Mughal: Decorations Decorations Calligraphy “Pietra Durra” – Inlay Work

17. Mughal - GARDENS

18. TajMahal: Ode to Love TajMahal Click on icon to see video TajMahal “Teardrop on the cheek of eternity” -Tagore Garden

19. TajMahal: garden of Paradise

20. Red Fort: main Entrance

21. Red Fort: Diwan-i-Khas

22. Colonial (ind0-Saracenic)

24. Chandigarh (Modern)

25. Khajuraho (Middle Age)

26. New Delhi (Mughal, Colonial, Modern)

27. Simla (Colonial)

29. Sanchi (Buddhist)

31. Hampi (Vijayanagar)

32. Hyderabad (Indo-Islamic)

33. Kanchipuram (Dravidian)

34. Madurai (Dravidian)

35. Pondicherry (French)

36. Sun Temples, Konarak (Dravidian)

37. Tanjore (Dravidian)

39. Ajanta & Ellora (Rock – Cut)

40. Goa (Portugese)

41. Jaipur (Indo-Islamic, Hindu)

42. Mumbai (Art Deco, Colonial)