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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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4.605 | Introduction to the History and Theory of Architecture
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2022
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HANDOUT FOR LECTURE 19: THE HINDU REVIVAL PEOPLES Rashtrakuta Dynasty (west and central India: 750-980) Pallavas (southern India: ca. 570-750) Chola (southern India from the later half of the 9th century till the beginning of the 13th century) Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka (the 8th century -1310) CONCEPTS Mount Kailesh/Meru Sacred Mountain Sacred Lake Sacred River (Ganges) Elements of Hindu Architecture: garbha griha lingam and yoni mandapa Sacred Geometry/Sacred model Indianization PLACES Sun temple of Modhera (1000) Temple of Kailasnath, Ellora (850) Descent of the Ganges at Mahabalipuram (700) Shore temple at Mahabalipuram (700) Khandariya Mahadeva (1050) Brihadishwara Temple, Thanjavur, 1010 My Son, Vietnam, (begun around 500) 1 Hinduism is formed of diverse traditions and has no single founder. It is constructed around a series of mythological figures and tales representing a variety of human conditions. The three most important figures are: Brama (Creator of all); Vishnu (Preserver) and Shiva (Destroyer). All of these deities, however, have a complex and even contradictory set of associations. In India, between 400 BCE and 1000 CE, Hinduism expanded at the expense of Buddhism. The transition was for the large part peaceful in that aspects of Buddhism were incorporated into Hindu beliefs. Hindu beliefs span monotheism, polytheism, panentheism, pantheism, monism, atheism, agnosticism, gnosticism. 2

Early Hindu Architecture

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