AR3301: Architecture in India, Early Civilisations to Colonialism syllabus for B.Arch 2021 regulation

Architecture in India, Early Civilisations to Colonialism detailed syllabus for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the B.Arch students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Bachelor of Architecture 3rd sem scheme and its subjects, do visit B.Arch 3rd sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of architecture in india, early civilisations to colonialism is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

EARLY INDIA AND ITS CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS 8 Overview of early history of the Indian subcontinent bringing out different conjectures. Indus Valley Civilisation and its society, culture and urbanism. Vedic culture, settlements and architecture through textual and inscriptional sources as well as conjectures. Outline of textual sources related to architecture and town planning in ancient India. Political, religious and cultural history of India in the first millennium outlining various empires. Evolution of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Interrelationships among them and timelines. Architecture of early Mauryan empire. Buddhist architecture and art. Stupas, chaitya halls and viharas. Hindu temple form – principles, morphology, meaning, symbolism, iconography and rituals, classification. Early Hindu temple architecture and rock cut architecture of Guptas, Chalukyas and Pallavas. Influence of Buddhist architecture on them. Study of important monuments for all the above.

Unit II

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Unit III

ARCHITECTURE OF NORTHERN INDIA 8 Architecture of Gujarat, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan with specific focus on Hindu temple architecture. Study of important monuments. Architecture of step wells in Northern India and their socio-cultural importance.

Unit IV

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Unit V

REGIONAL ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE, MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE AND AFTER 10 Spread of Islam into other regions of India and their architectural expressions – Gujarat, Bengal, Malwa and the Deccan. Study of important monuments. Political History of the Mughals. Mughal architecture and urbanism under Humayun, Akbar, Shahjahan and Aurangazeb. Study of important monuments. Outline of Post Mughal Islamic architecture. Outline of architecture related to Islam in Tamil Nadu.

Course Outcomes:

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Text Books:

1. Percy Brown, ‘Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Period)’, Taraporevala and Sons, Bombay, 2014.
2. Percy Brown, ‘Indian Architecture (Islamic Period)’, Taraporevala and Sons, Bombay, 2014.
3. Christopher Tadgell, ‘The History of Architecture in India – From the Dawn of Civilization to the End of the Raj’, Phaidon, 2002.
4. Robert Hillenbrand, ‘Islamic Architecture – Form, Function and Meaning’, Columbia University Press, 2004
5. RomilaThapar, ‘The Penguin History of Early India’, Penguin, 2015.
6. Burton Stein, A History of India, John Wiley and Sons, 2010.
7. K.A. NilakantaSastri, ‘A History of South India: From the Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar’, Oxford University Press, 2007.

Reference Books:

1. George Michell, ‘The Hindu Temple’, University of Chicago Press, 1988.
2. Stella Kramrisch, ‘The Hindu Temple’, MotilalBanarsidass, Vol I 2002,Vol II1996.
3. Satish Grover, ‘Buddhist and Hindu Architecture in India’, CBS, 2008.
4. Satish Grover, ‘Islamic Architecture in India’, CBS, 2012.
5. Catherine Asher, ‘Architecture of Mughal India’, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
6. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, ‘The Dance of Siva: Essays on Indian Art and Culture’, Rupa Publications, 2013.
7. A.L. Basham, ‘The Wonder that was India’, Picador, 2004.

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit B.Arch 3rd sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

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