Early Indian Architecture and Art
@inproceedings{Kak2005EarlyIA, title={Early Indian Architecture and Art}, author={Subhash C. Kak}, year={2005} }
This article deals with architecture, temple design, and art in ancient India and also with continuity between Harappan and historical art and writing. It fills in the gap in the post-Harappan, pre-Buddhist art of India by calling attention to the structures of northwest India (c. 2000 BC) that are reminiscent of late-Vedic themes, and by showing that there is preponderant evidence in support of the identity of the Harappan and the Vedic periods. Vedic ideas of sacred geometry and their…
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