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CONTENTS
Preface Bibliography Abbreviations Transliteration List of Illustrations
1-6 | i-xix XX-XXV
xxvi xxvii-xxxiji
PART I
SECTION 1
INTRODUCTORY Chapter
Pages I The Indian conception of a temple
1-2 JI The Evolution of the Caitya-griha
3-17 i) The concept of Caitya-worship and the Erection
of the Stūpa ii) The Early Stūpas open to the sky
a) The beginning of the structural stūpa b) The Stūpas of the Mauryan period c) The refinements of the Stūpas of the period
of the Sņungas and the Andhras d) The Stūpas of Western India
e) The Stūpas of S. E. India iii) The Caitya-gʻihas enshrining the Stūpa a) The early (Hinayāna) phase of the rock-cut
Caitya-grihas b) The later (Mahāyāna) Phase of the rock-cut
Caitya-grihas III The Shrine and the temple : Early Phase
18-30 i ) Early traces of the Indian Shrine
a) The Indus Civilization b) The Vedic references c) The Wood phase d) Buildings in Brick
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