Indian Architecture Module 2: Influences and Sample Structures

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What influenced the earliest architectural developments in the North of India?

Climatic factors such as sunlight exclusion and water features

Geographical factors such as high mountain ranges and trade routes (correct)

Religious factors such as Hinduism and Islam

Geological factors such as the availability of building stones

What type of stone was easily available along the Indus and Ganges rivers in the earliest times?

Building stones

Limestone

Marble (correct)

Granite

Which feature was employed to exclude sunlight and heat in Indian architecture due to climatic influence?

Comfort pierced or latticed windows (correct)

Stone carvings

Thick curtains

Wooden shutters

What played a central and definitive role in the lives of most Indian people, impacting architectural development?

Religion Signup and view all the answers

What type of stone was found in Rajasthan and Agra for use as facing materials in architecture?

Sandstone Signup and view all the answers

What was easily available for use as building material because it floated down the rivers from the earliest times?

Timber Signup and view all the answers

What are the 3 main religions that influenced the architecture of India?

Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism Signup and view all the answers

Which religion's architecture teaches a meditative way of life and accepts reincarnation but rejects the caste system?

Buddhism Signup and view all the answers

Which Hindu god is known as 'The Creator'?

Brahma Signup and view all the answers

Which science of structure attempts to align energies in Hindu architecture?

Vaastu Shastra Signup and view all the answers

Which period in Indian history is characterized by its extraordinary richness and complexity of sculptural ornament in temple buildings?

Jain Architecture Signup and view all the answers

Which religion's architecture emphasizes the preservation of every living creature & the cultivation of natural objects & values?

Jainism Signup and view all the answers

Which style of Hindu architecture includes Dravidian, Chalukyan, and Northern styles?

Hindu/Brahman Architecture Signup and view all the answers

Which religion's architecture involves laying Mandala Purusha, the cosmic body of God, over every building site?

Hinduism Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of Jainism and Hinduism in terms of salvation?

Salvation through successive rebirth Signup and view all the answers

What geographical features influenced the earliest architectural developments in the North of India?

High mountain ranges stretching from Hindu Kush in the west through the Korakorams & the Himalayas to the mountains of Szechuan in China in the Northeast. Signup and view all the answers

What was easily available for use as building material along the Indus & Ganges rivers in the earliest times?

Timber Signup and view all the answers

Which architectural feature was employed to exclude sunlight & heat in Indian architecture due to climatic influence?

Pierced or latticed windows Signup and view all the answers

What major religions influenced the architecture of India?

Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Christianity Signup and view all the answers

What type of stone was found in Rajasthan and Agra for use as facing materials in architecture?

White marble in Rajasthan, red & cream sandstone in Agra Signup and view all the answers

What played a central and definitive role in the lives of most Indian people, impacting architectural development?

Religion Signup and view all the answers

What are the three main religions that influenced the architecture of India?

Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism Signup and view all the answers

What does Vaastu Shastra attempt to align in Hindu architecture?

Energies Signup and view all the answers

Which Hindu god is known as 'The Creator'?

Brahma Signup and view all the answers

What period in Indian history is characterized by extraordinary richness and complexity of sculptural ornament in temple buildings?

Jain Architecture (1000-1300) Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of Jainism and Hinduism in terms of salvation?

Salvation through successive rebirth Signup and view all the answers

What is the science of structure in Hindu architecture?

Vaastu Shastra Signup and view all the answers

What type of stone was found in Rajasthan and Agra for use as facing materials in architecture?

Marble Signup and view all the answers

Which style of Hindu architecture includes Dravidian, Chalukyan, and Northern styles?

Hindu/Brahman Architecture Signup and view all the answers

What are the main gods of Hindu/Brahman Architecture?

Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu Signup and view all the answers

Which religion's architecture teaches a meditative way of life and accepts reincarnation but rejects the caste system?

Buddhism Signup and view all the answers

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What influenced the earliest architectural developments in the North of India?

What type of stone was easily available along the Indus and Ganges rivers in the earliest times?

Which feature was employed to exclude sunlight and heat in Indian architecture due to climatic influence?

What played a central and definitive role in the lives of most Indian people, impacting architectural development?

What type of stone was found in Rajasthan and Agra for use as facing materials in architecture?

What was easily available for use as building material because it floated down the rivers from the earliest times?

What are the 3 main religions that influenced the architecture of India?

Which religion's architecture teaches a meditative way of life and accepts reincarnation but rejects the caste system?

Which Hindu god is known as 'The Creator'?

Which science of structure attempts to align energies in Hindu architecture?

Which period in Indian history is characterized by its extraordinary richness and complexity of sculptural ornament in temple buildings?

Which religion's architecture emphasizes the preservation of every living creature & the cultivation of natural objects & values?

Which style of Hindu architecture includes Dravidian, Chalukyan, and Northern styles?

Which religion's architecture involves laying Mandala Purusha, the cosmic body of God, over every building site?

What is the goal of Jainism and Hinduism in terms of salvation?

What geographical features influenced the earliest architectural developments in the North of India?

What was easily available for use as building material along the Indus & Ganges rivers in the earliest times?

Which architectural feature was employed to exclude sunlight & heat in Indian architecture due to climatic influence?

What major religions influenced the architecture of India?

What type of stone was found in Rajasthan and Agra for use as facing materials in architecture?

What played a central and definitive role in the lives of most Indian people, impacting architectural development?

What are the three main religions that influenced the architecture of India?

What does Vaastu Shastra attempt to align in Hindu architecture?

Which Hindu god is known as 'The Creator'?

What period in Indian history is characterized by extraordinary richness and complexity of sculptural ornament in temple buildings?

What is the goal of Jainism and Hinduism in terms of salvation?

What is the science of structure in Hindu architecture?

What type of stone was found in Rajasthan and Agra for use as facing materials in architecture?

Which style of Hindu architecture includes Dravidian, Chalukyan, and Northern styles?

What are the main gods of Hindu/Brahman Architecture?

Which religion's architecture teaches a meditative way of life and accepts reincarnation but rejects the caste system?

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