Explore India's Mughal Islamic architecture from a travelers perspective. Use our downloadable guide to Islamic art and architecture in India to explore top sites in Delhi and Agra, such as the Taj Mahal, Humayun’s Tomb, and Jama Masjid. This guide gives you a review of the defining characteristics of the Mughal style, so that you can truly appreciate what makes these sites so special.
South India is the premier region for Hindu architecture and is the only place in the world where you can see a large number of Hindu temples from all time periods and empires. In our downloadable travel ebook to South India, we help you appreciate the unique elements of each temple style and threads that connect the architectural history of each temple.
Khajuraho is one of the premier sites to witness the North Indian architectural style in its greatest expression. Our downloadable travel guidebook to Khajuraho will serve as a comprehensive guide to these temples, the features that comprise the Northern Temple style, and the erotic sculptures for which the complex is known.
Discover the amazing Buddhist cave sites of Ellora (with its stunning Kailasa temple) and Ajanta (with its incredibly well-preserved 5th century paintings). Our travel guide ebook to the ancient Buddhist caves of India and China provides detailed reviews of each site and explains how Indian Buddhist cave architecture influenced later manifestations in China.
The stupa in Sanchi (located in Central India) is the original stupa, serving as the prototype for all others that followed, both in India and throughout Asia. This guide book explains stupa and pagoda architecture and the stylistic changes that manifest themselves as Buddhism migrated out of India into China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.