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Week One

Week Four

Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire

The Chandayan: A Sufi Romance

Week 1

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Further readings for The History and Art of the Indus Valley Period by Dr Daniela de Simone

Further readings for Mauryan Art by Dr Daniela de Simone

Recommended Reading

Lopez, Donald S. Religions of India in Practice. United States, Princeton University Press, 1995., Introduction

Further Reading

Huntington, S. The Art of Ancient India. New York: Weatherill, 1985., Chapter 4

Huntington, S. The Art of Ancient India. New York: Weatherill, 1985., Chapter 5

Huntington, S. The Art of Ancient India. New York: Weatherill, 1985., Chapter 6

Week 2

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Recommended Reading

Craven, Roy C. A Concise History of Indian Art. London: Thames and Hudson 1976, 1997., Chapter 6

Huntington, S. The Art of Ancient India. New York: Weatherill, 1985., Chapter 10

Further Reading

Ahuja, Naman P. “The British Museum Hāritī: Toward understanding Transculturalism in Gandhara”, in: Beyond Boundaries: Connecting Visual Cultures in the Provinces of Ancient Rome. J. Paul Getty Trust, 2016, pp. 247-265.

Cecil, Elizabeth A. “The Sahya Mountain: Śiva Religion in the Port Polity of the North Konkan.” Mapping the Pāśupata Landscape: Narrative, Place, and the Śaiva Imaginary in Early Medieval North India, Brill, 2020, pp. 161–211.

Week 3

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Recommended Reading

Craven, Roy C. A Concise History of Indian Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 1976, 1997., Chapter 9

Eck, Diana L., Darśan: Seeing the Divine Image in India. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998., Chapter 1

Michell, George. The Hindu Temple. An Introduction to its Meaning and Forms. London: Paul Elek 1977, 1988., pp. 78 – 93

Guy, John. Indian Temple Sculpture. London: V&amp;A Publishing, 2007., pp. 61-89

Further Reading

“A Sense of Time and Place: Style and Architectural Disposition of Images on the North Indian Temple” in Gods, Guardians, and Lovers: Temple Sculptures from North India, A.D. 700-1200. India, Asia Society Galleries, 1993., pp. 117-137

Elgood, Heather. Hinduism and the Religious Arts. Cassell: London, New York, 2000., pp. 163- 184

Week 4

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Recommended Reading

Craven, Roy C. A Concise History of Indian Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 1976, 1997., Chapter 8

Michell, George. The Hindu Temple. An Introduction to its Meaning and Forms. London: Paul Elek, 1977, 1988., pp. 131 – 158

Huntington, S. The Art of Ancient India. New York: Weatherill 1985., Chapter 21

Further Reading

Branfoot, Crispin. “Processions and Presence: Bronze Sculptures from the Temples of Southern India.” Arts of Asia, 36 (5), 2006, pp. 61-72.

Chanchani, Nachiket. “From Asoda to Almora, The Roads Less Taken: Māru-Gurjara Architecture in the Central Himalayas.” Arts Asiatiques, vol. 69, 2014, pp. 3–16

Chanchani, Nachiket. “From Asoda to Almora, The Roads Less Taken: Māru-Gurjara Architecture in the Central Himalayas.” Arts Asiatiques, vol. 69, 2014, pp. 3–16

Week 5

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Recommended Reading

Huntington, S. The Art of Ancient India. New York: Weatherill 1985., Chapter 23

Inglis MC, Branfoot C. Indian temple architecture and modernity: practices, knowledge production, methodologies. Architectural Research Quarterly. 2022;26(1):4-13.

Guy, John. “Indian Painting from 1100 to 1500” in M.C. Beach, E. Fischer and B.N. Goswamy (eds.), Masters of Indian Painting, Zurich, Artibus Asiae, 2011, pp. 15-28

Week 7

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Guy, John. Indian Temple Sculpture. London: V&A Publishing, 2007., pp. 61-89