TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. INDIC ORIGINS: Cultural Diffusion or Assimilation?
II. ARCHITECTURAL COSMOGONY: “Aedicular Expansion”
III. LINEAR EXPANSION: Phimai & Kandariya Mahadeva
IV. VERTICAL AND EMERGENT EXPANSION: Dharmaraja Ratha and Rajarani
V. BOROBUDUR: Mountain, Mandala, Monument
VI. THE KHMER CONTEXT: The Evolution of the “Temple Mountain” at Angkor
VII. AEDICULAR PROJECTION AND REPLICATION: Ak Yom
VIII.“FEARFUL ASYMMETRY:” Bakong
IX. AEDICULAR PROLIFERATION: Phnom Bakheng
X. THE KHMER “TEMPLE MOUNTAIN” IN TRANSITION: Koh Ker, Pre Rup, Ta Keo
XI. AXIAL AND LATERAL EXPANSION: Baphuon
I. PERSPECTIVES ON THE KHMER “TEMPLE MOUNTAIN”
II. A CATALOG OF KHMER TEMPLES (c.700 – 1295)
AK YOM, Pre-Angkorian Sculpture
PHNOM BAKHENG, A Note on Anastylosis
PRASAT BEI, THMA BAY KAEK, PRASAT SAT KRAOP
PRASAT KRAVAN, A Note on Khmer Masonry
KOH KER, Trafficking in Khmer Antiquities
PRE RUP, A Note on Khmer Moldings
TA PROHM, The Temple Monastery
PREAH KHAN, “The Spirit of Confusion”
MANGALARTHA, The “Sub-Angkorian”
ANGKOR THOM: ELEPHANT AND LEPER KING TERRACES, PRASAT SUOR PRAT
III. APPENDICES
I. BUDDHIST ONTOLOGY: By Way of an Introduction
II. HINDU CHRONOMETRICS: A Short Account of a Long Time
III. BECOMING A BODDHISATTVA: The Dasa Paramitas and the Panca Margas
IV. THE “THREE TURNINGS OF THE WHEEL OF DHARMA:” Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana
V. THE DIRECTIONAL GUARDIANS: The Ten Dikpalakas/ Dikpalas
VI. THE DASHAVATARA: The Ten Avatars of Vishnu
VII. “FOREST MONASTERIES:” A Contradiction?
VIII. A KHMER CHRONOLOGY (500 – 1431)
IX. TEACHING RESOURCES PAGE This page is under development. Please check back soon.
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Early (Badami) Chalukya (543 - 754)
Later (Kalyani, Western) Chalukya (973 - 1189)
Caves I - IV, Lower Shivalaya, Upper Shivalaya, Malegitti Shivalaya, Bhutanatha East Group, Bhutanatha North Group, Jumbalinga, Virupaksha, Yellamma
Vishnu Pushkami, Mallikarjunga, Sangameshvara, Bavantigudi
Ravana Phadi Cave, Ambigergudi Group, Guadargudi, Lad Khan, Durga, Chakragudi, Badigergudi, Mallikarjuna Group, Huccappayyagudi, Huccappayya Matha, Kuntigudi Group, Meguti
Kadasiddhisvara, Jambulinga, Galaganatha, Kashivishvanatha, Sangamesvara, Virupaksha, Mallikarjuna
Hoysala (1117/1187 - 1345)
Kallesvara (Bagali,) Navalinga, Kallesvara (Kuknoor)
Manikesvara, Brahma Jinalaya, Nannesvara, Kasivisvesvara
Mallikarjuna, Jora (Jodakalasa)
Trikutesvara, Saraswati, Somesvara
Kallesvara
Kallesvara Swami, Kesava Swami
Doddabasappa, Somesvara, Japada Bavi
Mahadeva
Chennakesava, Kappe Chennigaraya, Saumyanayaki, Andal (Ranganayaki,) Viranarayana
Hoysalesvara, Kedaresvara, Parsvanatha Basti, Shantinatha Basti, Hulikere Kalyani
Yucatan Maya (500 - 1546)
Platform of the Knives, Court of the Ambassadors, Structure 425, Nohoch-Na, South Temple, Temple of the Masks, Structure 418, Little Acropolis, (Structures 419:1-4,) Great Acropolis, (Southwest Temple, Northwest Temple, North Temple, House of the Moon, Building with Five Stories)
Xlacan Cenote, Temple of the Seven Dolls, Sacbe 1, Structure 12, Central Plaza,(Structure 36, Structure 44,) Pergola of the Monoliths
Pyramide del Adivino, Nunnery Quadrangle, House of the Iguana, Ball Court, House of the Turtle, Governor's Palace, Templo Mayor, House of the Pigeons
El Castillo, Ball Court (Lower Temple of the Jaguar, North Temple,) Tzompantli, Sacred Cenote, Temple of the Tables, Temple of the Warriors, Court of the Thousand Columns, Il Ossario, Platform of Venus, Chichamchob, Las Monjas, El Caracol
Templo de K'uk'ulkan, (Gallery of the Solar Disks,) El Redondo, Hall of the Chac Masks, Hall of the Kings, Central Plaza, Temple of the Warriors, Temple of the Crematorium, Temple of the Painted Niches
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