Kumbakonam: the ritual topography of a sacred and royal city of South India

Archaeology International

Vivek Nanda¹ 

[1] UCL Institute of Archaeology;

关键词: Kumbakonam;    Typography;    South India;    Architecture;   

DOI  :  10.5334/ai.3014

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

South India is renowned worldwide for the architectural splendour of its temples and the elaborate sculpture that adorns them, but their symbolism, still ritually enacted today, is less well understood outside India. Complex interrelationships of art, architecture and ritual are expressed in the evolution, through the past thousand years, of the topography of one of th most important of the temple cities.

【 授权许可】

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