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1.10 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The scope of work primarily focus on the study of temples and other structures of prayer in Jain religion and contemporary buildings of similar nature in Hindu, Islamic, Budhhism and Sikh religion in India. The Architectural features of all these temples and other structures of prayer is discussed.
The research is limited to study of the Jain caves of Odisha and Jain temples of Bihar and Jharkhand. All these three Jainism centres are collectively termed as Bihar region in this research. The Khandgiri and Udaygiri caves of Odisha and Jain temples of Bihar and Jharkhand have been taken as the sample case study. The plan form, elevational form, interior and exterior features, building material and construction techniques of these structures and temples are covered under study. The analysis of these samples are only for the superstructure and not substructure.
The major limitation is that, the research is essentially based on primary sources - opinion surveys, consultation with historians and archeologists and authors own case study as well as secondary sources - literature survey. Due to constraints in accessibility of certain sources, some information might have been omitted from the study.
Therefore, the work is largely dependent on personal observation and understanding of the author as well as of the experts in various fields, along with subjective assessment of various fields of considerations.
1.11 OVERVIEW OF THESIS Chapter 1: Research Background Chapter 2: Jainism and Its Relevance to Architecture Chapter 3: Indian Major Religion, Timeline and Its Relevance to Architecture and
Elements Chapter 4: The Jain Temple Chapter 5: The Geometry of Jain Temple Chapter 6: Dimensional Analysis
Chapter 7: Influence of Jain Architecture on Regional Architecture
Chapter 8: Inference
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