LEADER 05703nam 2200577 450 001 9910554242903321 005 20220712194148.0 010 $a90-485-5091-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9789048550913 035 $a(CKB)4950000000283646 035 $a(OCoLC)1281707865 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_97734 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6789518 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6789518 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9789048550913 035 $a(DE-B1597)590514 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789048550913 035 $a(EXLCZ)994950000000283646 100 $a20220712d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConstructing Kanchi $ecity of infinite temples /$fEmma Natalya Stein 210 1$aAmsterdam :$cAmsterdam University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (299 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aAsian cities ;$v16 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Dec 2021). 327 $aIllustration 10 Eka?mbarana?tha Temple, Kanchi, Left to right: Roof of Kacci Maya?n?am shrine (tenth century), Pillared Hall (twentieth century), Gateway (seventeenth century), Vr?s?abhes?vara Shrine (ninth century), Gateway (sixteenth century) -- Illustration 11 (Vr?s?abhes?vara Shrine at far right) Archaeological Survey of India, A view of the tank from the east, Ekambreswaraswami Temple, Conjeevaram, 1897, photographic print, 21.1 × 25.6 cm, British Library, Photo1008/3(325) -- Illustration 12 Panel 1-4 (and see Illustration 7), Ta?n?to?n?r?i?s?vara Temple, Kanchi, panels seventh century 327 $aIllustration 2 Map of Kanchi Temples (map by Emma Natalya Stein and Daniel Cole, Smithsonian Institution) -- Illustration 3 Kaila?sana?tha Temple, Kanchi, ca. 700-725 CE -- Illustration 4 Buddha, Kanchi Police Station, twelfth century -- Illustration 5 Si?tes?vara Temple, Kanchi, tenth century -- Illustration 6 Festival at Ka?ma?ks?i? 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Temple, Kanchi (July 2014) -- Illustration 7 Panel 4, Ta?n?to?n?r?i?s?vara Temple, Kanchi, seventh century -- Illustration 8 Laks?ita cave-temple, Man?t?akappat?t?u, ca. 580-630 CE -- Illustration 9 Brick shrine in quarry area, A?rpa?kkam 327 $aColonel Colin Mackenzie's Search for the Jains -- Surgeon George Russell Dartnell -- James Fergusson's Downward Spiral -- Prince Alexis Soltykoff's 'City of Infinite Temples' -- Conclusion: Plastered Pasts -- Epilogue -- The Living Temple -- Encounter -- Expansion -- Continuation -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Primary Sources -- Epigraphic and Archaeological Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index -- List of Illustrations -- Illustration 1 Eka?mbarana?tha Temple and Sannathi Street, Kanchi, seventh century -- the present 327 $aOrienting the Gods -- Pilgrimage and Processions -- From Ancient Village to Temple Town -- Local Style -- Conclusion: Urban Logic -- 3 The City and its Ports -- Part 1: KS?ETRA -- The River Networks -- Over the Hills -- The Coast -- Part II: KS?ATRA -- Kanchi in a Buddhist World -- The City and its Mirrors -- Conclusion: From Kanchi to the Sea -- 4 Kanchi Under Colonialism -- What Happened in Kanchi while those Towering Gateways Arose? -- Embattled Territory -- William Daniell's Most Considerable Temple -- James Wathen's Soaring View -- Henrietta Clive's 'Hindoo Gods and Monsters' 327 $aCover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Illustrations -- Introduction -- All Streets Lead to Temples -- An Ancient City -- Layers of Time -- Kanchi Known and Unknown -- 1 Sandstone and the City -- Building Pallava-Kanchi (ca. seventh through ninth century) -- From Brick to Stone (the Seventh Century) -- Sandstone Temples in the City (the Eighth Century) -- The Temples of Pallava-Kanchi -- Everywhere but Kanchi (the Ninth Century) -- Conclusion: Foundations Laid -- 2 Realignment -- Kanchi in the Chola Era (ca. tenth through thirteenth century) 330 $aThis book traces the emergence of the South Indian city of Kanchi as a major royal capital and multireligious pilgrimage destination during the era of the Pallava and Chola dynasties (ca. seventh through thirteenth centuries). It presents the first-ever comprehensive picture of historical Kanchi, locating the city and its more than 100 spectacular Hindu temples at the heart of commercial and artistic exchange that spanned India, Southeast Asia, and China. The author demonstrates that Kanchi was structured with a hidden urban plan, which determined the placement and orientation of temples around a central thoroughfare that was also a burgeoning pilgrimage route. Moving outwards from the city, she shows how the transportation networks, river systems, residential enclaves, and agrarian estates all contributed to the vibrancy of Kanchi's temple life. The construction and ongoing renovation of temples in and around the city, she concludes, has enabled Kanchi to thrive continuously from at least the eighth century, through the colonial period, and up until the present. 410 0$aAsian cities (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ;$v16. 606 $aPilgrims and pilgrimages$zIndia 606 $aPilgrims and pilgrimages 607 $aKa?nchipuram (India)$xHistory 615 0$aPilgrims and pilgrimages 615 0$aPilgrims and pilgrimages. 676 $a954.82 700 $aStein$b Emma Natalya$01219704 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554242903321 996 $aConstructing Kanchi$92820145 997 $aUNINA