Vastu Sastra: Hindu Science of Architecture (Vol I) by D N Shukla (1996)
A scientific and systematic code of ancient Indian architecture in relation to its three main branches, the civil, the aristocratic and the religious has been a long-felt desideratum. Dr D.N. Shukla has therefore taken a pioneering lead to rehabilitate this Hindu contribution in the realm of architecture which for many a generation was misunderstood as confined mainly to the domain of either Palace architecture or Temple architecture. For this the monumental treatise, the Samarangana Sutradhara of king Bhoj Deva has been the authors single guide. Though written by an aristocrat, this manual presents the first systematic demarcation between these aforesaid three branches of Hindu architecture-House architecture, Palace architecture and Temple architecture. Accordingly the 3rd, 4th and 5th parts of this work are devoted to the exposition of this genius of Hindu science of architecture where in all the three principal categories of houses-residential houses of ordinary men (civil architecture), the palaces of kings (palace architecture), and the abodes of gods (temple architecture) -are delineated upon. Printed Pages: 848
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