Samrangnasutradhar Decoding the Historical Architectural Treatise

The Samrangnasutradhar compiled around the 11th century by Raja Bhoj is a significant treatise on architecture from pre-colonial India. The book presents and interpretive architectural analysis of select content of the Samrangnasutradhar,explores the design process to generate temples, palaces, and dwelling units, and discusses its correlation with contemporary architectural paradigms. Also, the book looks at contemporary issues of identity and culture, as well as critical issues int he historiography of architecture in the postcolonial Indian subcontinent while unveiling layers of the traditional knowledge systems informing the popular idiom of the Vastu Shastra. Strongly rooted in archival resources, this book will be indispensable for scholars of history of Indian architecture, heritage studies, South Asian history, conversation, architectural design processes, computational architecture, and postcolonial studies.  
 
 

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Neena Singh Zutshi is an architect with a keen interest in the intersections of theory, practice, and history.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Neena Singh Zutshi
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 22.08.2025
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura
• EAN: 9781032222752
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222275-2
• Numero di pagine: 244
• Categorie: Architecture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Indian sub-continent, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Civil engineering, surveying and building, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional, Traditional Knowledge Systems, postcolonial heritage studies, historiography of Indian architecture, Vastu Shastra analysis, computational architecture methods, Indian architectural history, temple design theory