Dravidian Architecture

About the Book:-This book is the product of extensive study and research of the architecture of the southern part of the country that extends between the Coromandel Coast: from Lake Pulicat to Cape Comorian. The book considers the land that is entirely occupied by the Tamils. It is with a view to stimulate interest in one of the subjects comprised in the term Archaeology, and direct that interest into fruitful fields of work that this little handbook has rendered into English and published in the present form. Dravidian architecture style is an architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture that emerged in the southern part of the Indian subcontinent or South India and in Sri Lanka, reaching its final form by the sixteenth century. Mentioned as one of three styles of temple building in the ancient book Vastu shastra, the majority of the existing structures are located in the Southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Various kingdoms and empires such as the Cholas, the Chera, the Kakatiyas, the Pandyas, the Pallavas, the Gangas, the Kadambas, the Rashtrakutas, the Chalukyas, the Hoysalas, and Vijayanagara Empire among others have made substantial contribution to the evolution of the Dravidian architecture. This book is very useful. About the Author:-Gabriel Jouveau-Dubreuil (1885–1945) was a French archaeologist who specialized in Southern India. He was the first discoverer of artifacts at Nagarjunakonda in Andhra Pradesh in 1926, before systematic digging was taken over by A. H. Longhurst in 1927. He published his works both in French and English. He is the author of various books such as --Archaeology du Sud de l'Inde Vol. 1 Vol.2; Ancient History of the Deccan; The Pallavas; Pallava Antiquities; and Dravidian Architecture. The Title 'Dravidian Architecture written/authored/edited by G. Jouveau-Dubreuil', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121245920 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 67 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-