ARCHITECTURE

FORT & SACRED PLACES

ARCHITECTURE IN

EARLY MEDIVAL PERIOD

AROUND AD 550,THERE WAS A INCREASE OF TEMPLES IN INDIA.THESE TEMPLES WERE BUILT IN DIFFERENT STYLES ACCORDING TO THEIR REGION

THEY ARE CLASSIFIED INTO :•NORTH INDIAN OR THE

NAGARA STYLE.• SOUTH INDIAN OR

DRAVIDIAN STYLE.•DECCANNI OR VESARA

STYLE.

GARBHAGRIHA

The garbhagriha was the inner chamber where the idol was placed. It was a place where People could pray privately.

Temples also had a passage way to go around the garbhagriha called the pradikshina. Above the garbhagriha, the shikara tapered upwards

THE TEMPLES OF

NORTHINDIA

The nagara style temples had some distinctive

features. The garbhagriha was always square. The shikara had a crowning

element –the amalaka,a huge stone ribbed disc.

Above the amalaka was the water jug or kalasa

LAYOUT OF A NORTH INDIAN TEMPLE

By 10th and 11th centuries it was well established, with the finest example in Orissa, Rajasthan and Gujarat.

THE TEMPLES OF

CENTRAL INDIA

The central Indian temples were different from the nagara temples. The main features of central indian temples is that they have 2 amalaka, one on top of the other

The kalasa placed above the smaller amalaka. The best example for it is the KHAJURAHO.

KHAJURAHO

THE TEMPLES IN

RAJASTHAN & GUJARAT