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Guidelines for Training/ Orientation of Faculty on IKS
Origin of Sthapatyaveda
Concept of Space and Time
Vedic Yajna: Recreating the microcosmos
Vastu Purusha
Six Limbs of Indian Art and Architecture
3. Exploring the Traditional and Historical Town Planning
Harappan Town Planning
Early Historical Cities and Early Text (Arthshastra)
Mud Forts of Chattisgarh
Site Visit to Harappan Cities
4. Ancient Indian Art & Architecture
Concept of Sacred and Profane
Symbolism of purusha in Temple Architecture: shastriya parampara
Tala-Maan Garana: Physical Manifestation of Temple Architecture
Techno-Typological Evolution & Regional Variations in Temple Architecture
o Rock Cut Architecture
o Structural Temple Architecture
Tirthkshetra- Kashi, Dwaraka, Kanchi, Avantika, Ayodhya, Prabhas-kshetra etc.
Continuity of Traditional Town Planning: Jaipur, Madurai, Srirangam etc.
Functional Aspects of Temples
o Temple as a living tradition
o Temple as Cosmopolitan Space: Socio-Economic Entanglement.
5. Sacred Ecology
Sacred Forest (Naimisaranya, Panchvati, Dandkaranya etc.)
Sacred Groves (Aaramika, Devkunj etc.)
Rainwater Harvesting System: Vav, Kund, Talav etc.
Sacred Hills and Mountains (Kailash, Vindhyachal, Sahyadri, Satrunjay, Goverdhan)
Kumbha: assimilation of ritual, myth, symbology, and cosmology.
6. Modern Contribution to Indian Architecture
Anand K. Coomaraswamy
Patrick Geddess
Alice Boner
Kapila Vatsayayan
Stella Kramrisch
Adam Hardy
References
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. 2002. Early Indian Architecture: Cities and City-Gates,
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers.
Vatasyayan, Kapila. 1997. The Square and the Circle of the Indian Arts, Abhinav
Publication.
Hardy, Adam. 2015. Theory and Practices of Temple Architecture in Medieval India:
Bhoja’s Samrangansutradhar and The Bhojpur Line Drawings, Dev Publishers &
Distributors.
Sathapati, V. Ganapati. 2001. Indian Sculpture and Iconography-Forms and
Measurements, Auropublications.
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