Table of contents : TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8 MAP OF INDIA......Page 9 HINDU TEMPLES CITED IN THIS STUDY......Page 10 FOREWORD......Page 12 PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 14 A NOTE ON AUTHORSHIP......Page 16 INTRODUCTION......Page 18 CHAPTER 1 - HINDUISM AND THE HINDU TEMPLE......Page 22 CHAPTER 2 - THE PLEBEIAN TEMPLE......Page 40 CHAPTER 3 - CODIFYING THE HINDU TEMPLE......Page 54 CHAPTER 4 - CONCEPTION OF A HINDU TEMPLE......Page 68 CHAPTER 5 - THE HINDU TEMPLE AS LANGUAGE AND STYLE......Page 82 CHAPTER 6 - UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF A CANONIZED TEMPLE......Page 100 CHAPTER 7 - SYSTEMS OF MEASURE, ORDER AND PROPORTION......Page 128 CHAPTER 8 - BEYOND THE OBJECT......Page 180 CHAPTER 9 - RITUAL......Page 216 CHAPTER 10 - CIRCUITS, CARTOGRAPHIES, AND CONTRADICTIONS......Page 238 CHAPTER 11 - EVOLVING IDENTITIES......Page 260 EPILOGUE......Page 272 ENDNOTES......Page 274 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 284 APPENDIX......Page 286 PROPORTION STUDIES ON INDIAN PILLARS......Page 290 INDIAN ARCHITECTURAL GLOSSARY......Page 304 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 308 INDEX......Page 313