Hindu Temples

Mammallapuram (Mahabalipuram) temples

• article at Wikipedia
• article at templenet

Rajararajeshvara Temple (also known as the Brihadishwara Temple) at Thanjavur

• Brihadeeswarar Temple article at Wikipedia
• UNSECO site “Great Living Chola Temples”
• Article at Templenet.com
• Unesco World-Tour images
• Photosynth image mosaic (requires Silverlight)

Kandariya Mahadeva temple

• Dr. Francis Pritchard’s page (Columbia University)
• article at Asian Historical Architecture
• page at Great Buildings Online
• UNESCO world-heritage-tour images
• Photosynth image mosaic

Stupa to Pagoda 5: Fogang Si Pagoda (3-23)

Useful cultural background:  The Song Dynasty in China (Columbia University) LINK

Wikipedia article: Pagoda LINK

Wikipedia article: Architecture of the Song Dynasty: LINK

Wikipedia article: Pagoda of Fogong Temple LINK

Wikipedia article: Ancient Chinese Wooden Architecture LINK

"The Eight-Sided Pagoda of Foguang Si at Yingxian" by Kate Erickson LINK

Some Photos at Flickr HERE and HERE

Wikimedia page: Pagodas in China LINK

Stupa to Pagoda 3: Chaitya Hall at Karle (cf. 1-14)

Halls like this one at Karle and the ones at Ellora and Ajanta are carved out of hillsides.  All the interior elements are integral to the cave -- meaning that they are not built separately and set into the cave, but entirely carved out of the living rock.  The hall leads back to a stupa.

overview notes of the period from the Dept. of Architecture at UC Berkeley
descriptive entry at Chaitya.com
entry at Great Buildings Online

Stupa to Pagoda 1: the Great Stupa at Sanchi (for MON 2-14)

• article at Wikipedia
• Unesco World Heritage page
• images & information at Great Buildings Online
• many images at the Berger Foundation
• Quicktime 360 images at 1001 Wonders
• "The Hill of Sanchi" at Buddhanet