Autore	Stein Emma Natalya
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (299 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	954.82
Collana	Asian cities
Soggetto topico	Pilgrims and pilgrimages - India Pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN	90-485-5091-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Illustration 10 Ekāmbaranātha Temple, Kanchi, Left to right: Roof of Kacci Mayāṉam shrine (tenth century), Pillared Hall (twentieth century), Gateway (seventeenth century), Vṛṣabheśvara Shrine (ninth century), Gateway (sixteenth century) -- Illustration 11 (Vṛṣabheśvara 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), Tāṉtōṉṟīśvara Temple, Kanchi, panels seventh century Illustration 2 Map of Kanchi Temples (map by Emma Natalya Stein and Daniel Cole, Smithsonian Institution) -- Illustration 3 Kailāsanātha Temple, Kanchi, ca. 700-725 CE -- Illustration 4 Buddha, Kanchi Police Station, twelfth century -- Illustration 5 Sīteśvara Temple, Kanchi, tenth century -- Illustration 6 Festival at Kāmākṣī Ammaṉ Temple, Kanchi (July 2014) -- Illustration 7 Panel 4, Tāṉtōṉṟīśvara Temple, Kanchi, seventh century -- Illustration 8 Lakṣita cave-temple, Maṇṭakappaṭṭu, ca. 580-630 CE -- Illustration 9 Brick shrine in quarry area, Ārpākkam Colonel 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 Ekāmbaranātha Temple and Sannathi Street, Kanchi, seventh century -- the present Orienting the Gods -- Pilgrimage and Processions -- From Ancient Village to Temple Town -- Local Style -- Conclusion: Urban Logic -- 3 The City and its Ports -- Part 1: KṢETRA -- The River Networks -- Over the Hills -- The Coast -- Part II: KṢATRA -- 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' Cover -- 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)
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Autore	Bredsdorff Asta <1925->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Copenhagen, Denmark : , : Museum Tusculanum Press, , 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (180 p.)
Disciplina	954.82
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	87-635-3539-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Front cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Colophone ""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Chapter 1. The Beginning""; ""Chapter 2. Willem Leyel""; ""Chapter 3. Preparations for the Voyage""; ""Chapter 4. The New Voyage""; ""Chapter 5. Obstacles ""; ""Chapter 6. Claus Rytter and The Gilded Sun""; ""Chapter 7. Leyel Arrives""; ""Chapter 8. The Clergymen""; ""Chapter 9. The Fate of Berent Pessart""; ""Chapter 10. "Laus Deo in Tranquebar"""; ""Chapter 11. The Last Voyages""; ""Chapter 12. Rebellion ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Unpublished Sources ""; ""Studies and References "" ""Chronology of events in Leyel's life""""Back cover ""
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