1st Edition

Samrāṅgṇasūtradhār Decoding the Historical Architectural Treatise

By Neena Singh Zutshi Copyright 2025
256 Pages 57 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

256 Pages 57 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

The Samrāṅgṇasūtradhār  compiled around the 11th century by Rājā Bhoj is a significant treatise on architecture from pre-colonial India. The book presents and interpretive architectural analysis of select content of the Samrāṅgṇasūtradhār, explores the design process to generate temples, palaces, and dwelling units, and discusses its correlation with contemporary architectural... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Scholarship 3. Samrāṅgṇasūtradhār 3.1 Context 3.2 Content  4. Architecture 4.1 Theoretical concerns 4.2 Practical implications  5. Analytical ruminations 6. Associative discussion

Biography

Neena Singh Zutshi  is an architect with a keen interest in the intersections of theory, practice, and history.