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Chaitya-Hall at Karli
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Location Karli, India
Date -150   timeline
Building Type temple
 Construction System stone subtraction
Climate desert
Context underground
Style Buddhist
Notes underground temple, carved from hillside.
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Sources on Chaitya-Hall at Karli

Francis D. K. Ching. Architecture: Form, Space, and Order. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979. ISBN 0-442-21535-5. LC 79-18045. NA2760.C46. section, p47.   A nice graphic introduction to architectural ideas. Updated 1996 edition available at Amazon.com

Percy Brown. Indian Architecture, Buddist & Hindu Periods. Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala Sons, 1965. interior photo of hall, plate XXIV, f2. photo of vestibule, plate XXIII, f2. detail photo of columns, plate XXIV, f2.

Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com


 

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