INDIAN Flashcards
_________ is the story of how powerful and popular religions celebrated their beliefs through monumental design
Early Indian architecture
Materials used
Timber
White Marble
Rock-cut
North roof
Flat roof
West coast roof
Pitched
3 Indian periods
Jain
Mughal
Hindu
2 regional styles
Nagara
Dravida
Indian Buddhist Monastery
A. Vihara
B. Pagoda
C. Chaitya
A. VIHARA
Indian Buddhist Temple
A. TORANA–
B. BAS RELIEFS
C. CHAITYA
C. CHAITYA
Depicting scenes of daily life and story of Buddha. The female form in its voluptuous form is often used
A. BAS RELIEFS
B. STUPA
C. GOPURAM
A. BAS RELIEF
Architect of Indian Museum in Calcutta, the Largest & oldest museum in India
WALTER GRANVILLE
Gateway to Indian Temple
A. TORANA
B. GOPURAM
C. GARBA GRIHA
A. TORANA
Gateway to Dravidian Temple
A. GOPURAM
B. TORANA
C. VIHARA
A. GOPURAM
Oldest Buddhist temple in central Java
A. PRAMBANAN TEMPLE
B. KALASAN TEMPLE
C. TAJ MAHAL
B. KALASAN TEMPLE
Largest Hindu temple in Southeast Asia with magnificent spectacle and an icon of Indonesia’s cultural heritage
A. PRAMBANAN TEMPLE
B. ANTE CHAMBER
C. KALASAN TEMPLE
C. PRAMBANAN TEMPLE
Temple Mound
A. STUPA
B. SIKHARA
C. PAGODA
A. STUPA
Temple Spire
A. TORANA
B. GARBA GRIHA
C. SIKHARA
C. SIKHARA
Temple Tower
A. SIKHARA
B. STUPA
C. PAGODA
C. PAGODA
Womb-chamber / inner chamber of the temple
A. GARBA GRIHA
B. ANTE CHAMBER
C. CHAITYA
A. GARBA GRIHA
Entrance Hall
A. NATA MANDIRA
B. GARBA GRIHA
C. ANTE CHAMBER
C. ANTE CHAMBER
hall for temple-dancing / temple hall
A. PUJARIS
B. DEVALAYA
C. NATA MANDIRA
C. NATA MANDIRA
dwelling place of a particular god
A. PRASADA
B. DEVALAYA
C. TIRTHA
B. DEVALAYA
a sacred place where heaven and earth meet
TIRTHA
The religion that has evolved due to the combination of faths of Aryans & Dravidians
Hinduism
Founded by MAHAVEER or VADHAMAN around 599BC
Jain
“nirvana”
Jain “praise be to God”
“nirvana”
Jain, “praise be to God”