ePub Echoes of Mutiny: Race; Surveillance; and Indian Anticolonialism in North America by Seema Sohi in History

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From the fifteenth century on; after a period of widespread destruction and demolition; India witnessed a resumption of temple patronage and building activity. These alatea temples; however; are usually overlooked by architectural and art historians; who tend to privilege the earlier phases of Indian architecture and art; the prevailing assumption being that Indiaas alatea temples are unworthy of serious attention. As illustrated in this volume; nothing could be further from the truth. Accompanied by maps; photographs; as well as a selection of building plans; this book is the first wide-ranging account of temple architecture in the 500-year period that coincides with the rule of the sultanates; the Mughals; and the British. Through a meticulous study of over 300 temples from 17 geographical zones; this book shows that; as far as temple architecture is concerned; these years were remarkably creative and vibrant. The temples built during this period display a startling diversity of forms; structural techniques; and aesthetic qualities. Rather than characterizing the appearance of domes; vaults; pointed arches; and other such aborrowingsa as inappropriately 'Christian' or 'Islamic'; this volume attempts to understand how such attributes came to be integrated into a Hindu and Jain religious context.