300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
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Constructing Kanchi: City of Infinite Temples traces the emergence of the South Indian city of Kanchi as a major royal capital and multireligious pilgrimage destination during the era of the Pallava and Chola dynasties (ca. seventh through thirteenth centuries). The book presents the first-ever comprehensive picture of historical Kanchi, locating the city and its more than 100 spectacular Hindu... Read more
Acknowledgements, List of Illustrations, Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Illustrations, Introduction: All Streets Lead to Temples, An Ancient City, Layers of Time, Kanchi Known and Unknown, 1 Sandstone and the City: Building Pallava-Kanchi (ca. seventh through ninth century), 2 Realignment: Kanchi in the Chola Era (ca. tenth through thirteenth century), 3 The City and its Ports, 4 Kanchi Under Colonialism: What Happened in Kanchi while those Towering Gateways Arose?, Conclusion: Plastered Pasts, Epilogue: The Living Temple, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Emma Natalya Stein (PhD, Yale) is Assistant Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art. Her research investigates the relationships among sacred architecture, urban space, and tropical landscapes. Dr. Stein has conducted fieldwork throughout South and Southeast Asia.
