1st Edition
Indian Architectural Theory and Practice Contemporary Uses of Vastu Vidya
By Vibhuti Chakrabarti
Copyright 1999
234 Pages
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Routledge
288 Pages
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Routledge
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In this ground-breaking study the traditional Indian science of architecture and house-building,Vastu Vidya, is explored in terms of its secular uses, at the levels of both theory and contemporary practice. Vastu Vidya is treated as constituting a coherent and complete architectural programme, still of great relevance today. Chakrabarti draws on an impressive amount of textual material, much of it... Read more
A Survey of Texts, Ancient and Modern; Chapter 1 Architectural Team; Chapter 2 System of Measurement; Chapter 3 Vastu Purusha Mandala; Chapter 4 Orientation; Chapter 5 Site Considerations; Chapter 6 Building Materials; Chapter 7 Defining the Built Form;
Biography
Vibhuti Chakrabarti
