History of Indian and Eastern Architecture Fergusson Burgess Spiers Volume 1

History of Indian and Eastern ArchitectureAuthor(s): James Fergusson, James Burgess, Richard Phen Spiers\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108061445, 978-1108061445\nSynopsis\nBorn in Scotland, James Fergusson [tel] spent ten years as an indigo planter in India before embarking upon a second career as an architectural historian. Although he had no formal training, he became one of the most respected researchers in the field and an expert on India's cave temples. His History of Indian and Eastern Architecture was first published in 1876 and became a standard work. It was revised in this two-volume edition of 1910 by James Burgess [tel], former Director of the Archaeological Survey of India, and Richard Spiers [tel], a noted architect and historian of architecture. Volume 1 covers Buddhist and Himalayan architecture, the Dravidian style of southern India, and the later Chalukyan style from southe.