TY - BOOK AU - Kamiya,Takeo AU - Parameswaran,Geetha,tr AU - Lopez,Annabel,ed AU - Collaco,Bevinda,ed ED - Jindal Art Foundation. TI - The guide to the architecture of the Indian subcontinent SN - 9784887061415 U1 - 720.954 23 PY - 2009/// CY - India PB - Architecture Autonomous KW - Architecture KW - Hindu architecture KW - Guidebooks KW - India N1 - "In collaboration with Jindal Art Foundation."; Originally published in Japan on September 20, 1996 by Toto Shuppan; incl. bibliographies and index; Map index -- Getting around -- An introduction to Indian architecture -- Publisher's note -- North India -- Travel information -- Kashmir -- Ladakh -- Himachal Pradesh -- Punjab -- Delhi -- Uttar Pradesh -- East India -- Travel information -- Sikkim Bihar -- West Bengal -- Bangladesh -- Orissa -- Western India -- Travel in formation -- Rajasthan -- Gujrat -- Central India -- Travel information -- Madhya Pradesh -- Maharashtra -- Goa -- South India -- Travel information -- Andhra Pradesh -- Karnataka -- Tamil Nadu -- Kerala -- List of sources and references -- Data and index -- Postscript N2 - This guidebook introduces the architecture of the Indian subcontinent including Bangladesh in great detal, revealing a great architectural culture that is richly different from that in Japan, Europe, and America. It gives the armchair traveler a visual feast with a large number of photographs, which will transport the reader to the site without having to actually travel to these magnificent but far-flung monuments. Indian architecture through the ages is included, from ancient times to the present day, along with Islamic architecture and Colonial style architecture during the British rule. Important buildings are illustrated with many photographs of the exteriors and interiors ER -