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19 07, 2017

Guptan temples – Indian architecture

By |2019-07-30T12:07:20-07:00July 19th, 2017|Architecture, India|Comments Off on Guptan temples – Indian architecture

Guptan temples: Tigawa temple, 350 AD The first free-standing stone temples When the Mauryan empire collapsed, about 200 BC, for more than five hundred years Indian leaders were too busy fighting wars against each [...]

19 07, 2017

Ellora Caves – Indian architecture

By |2019-05-27T21:18:51-07:00July 19th, 2017|Architecture, India|Comments Off on Ellora Caves – Indian architecture

Outside of Carpenter's Cave, Ellora Caves, about 575 AD Guptan architecture In the Guptan period, architects in India were beginning to build more and more temples. The earlier Buddhist temples at Ajanta were [...]

4 06, 2017

Three Kingdoms Architecture – China

By |2019-01-13T11:06:21-08:00June 4th, 2017|Architecture, China|Comments Off on Three Kingdoms Architecture – China

Three Kingdoms architecture: Mogao Caves (366 AD and later) First Buddhist temples in China Beginning in 366 AD, people in China built the earliest Buddhist temples in China. These first Buddhist temples [...]

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