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050	0	4	_aDS486 _b.C667 2021
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100	1		_aStein, Emma Natalya, _e1
245	1	0	_aConstructing Kanchi : _bCity of Infinite Temples. _c
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520	0		_aThis book traces the emergence of the South Indian city of Kanchi as a major royal capital and multireligious pilgrimage destination during the era of the Pallava and Chola dynasties (circa seventh through thirteenth centuries). It presents the first-ever comprehensive picture of historical Kanchi, locating the city and its more than 100 spectacular Hindu temples at the heart of commercial and artistic exchange that spanned India, Southeast Asia, and China. The author demonstrates that Kanchi was structured with a hidden urban plan, which determined the placement and orientation of temples around a central thoroughfare that was also a burgeoning pilgrimage route. Moving outwards from the city, she shows how the transportation networks, river systems, residential enclaves, and agrarian estates all contributed to the vibrancy of Kanchi?s temple life. The construction and ongoing renovation of temples in and around the city, she concludes, has enabled Kanchi to thrive continuously from at least the eighth century, through the colonial period, and up until the present.
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505	0	0	_aCover -- _tTable of Contents -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tNote on Transliteration, Translation, and Illustrations -- _tIntroduction -- _tAll Streets Lead to Temples -- _tAn Ancient City -- _tLayers of Time -- _tKanchi Known and Unknown -- _t1 Sandstone and the City -- _tBuilding Pallava-Kanchi (circa seventh through ninth century) -- _tFrom Brick to Stone (the Seventh Century) -- _tSandstone Temples in the City (the Eighth Century) -- _tThe Temples of Pallava-Kanchi -- _tEverywhere but Kanchi (the Ninth Century) -- _tConclusion: Foundations Laid -- _t2 Realignment -- _tKanchi in the Chola Era (circa tenth through thirteenth century)
505	0	0	_aOrienting the Gods -- _tPilgrimage and Processions -- _tFrom Ancient Village to Temple Town -- _tLocal Style -- _tConclusion: Urban Logic -- _t3 The City and its Ports -- _tPart 1: KṢETRA -- _tThe River Networks -- _tOver the Hills -- _tThe Coast -- _tPart II: KṢATRA -- _tKanchi in a Buddhist World -- _tThe City and its Mirrors -- _tConclusion: From Kanchi to the Sea -- _t4 Kanchi Under Colonialism -- _tWhat Happened in Kanchi while those Towering Gateways Arose? -- _tEmbattled Territory -- _tWilliam Daniell's Most Considerable Temple -- _tJames Wathen's Soaring View -- _tHenrietta Clive's 'Hindoo Gods and Monsters'
505	0	0	_aColonel Colin Mackenzie's Search for the Jains -- _tSurgeon George Russell Dartnell -- _tJames Fergusson's Downward Spiral -- _tPrince Alexis Soltykoff's 'City of Infinite Temples' -- _tConclusion: Plastered Pasts -- _tEpilogue -- _tThe Living Temple -- _tEncounter -- _tExpansion -- _tContinuation -- _tBibliography -- _tAbbreviations -- _tPrimary Sources -- _tEpigraphic and Archaeological Sources -- _tSecondary Sources -- _tIndex -- _tList of Illustrations -- _tIllustration 1 Ekāmbaranātha Temple and Sannathi Street, Kanchi, seventh century -- _tthe present
505	0	0	_aIllustration 2 Map of Kanchi Temples (map by Emma Natalya Stein and Daniel Cole, Smithsonian Institution) -- _tIllustration 3 Kailāsanātha Temple, Kanchi, circa 700-725 CE -- _tIllustration 4 Buddha, Kanchi Police Station, twelfth century -- _tIllustration 5 Sīteśvara Temple, Kanchi, tenth century -- _tIllustration 6 Festival at Kāmākṣī Ammaṉ Temple, Kanchi (July 2014) -- _tIllustration 7 Panel 4, Tāṉtōṉṟīśvara Temple, Kanchi, seventh century -- _tIllustration 8 Lakṣita cave-temple, Maṇṭakappaṭṭu, circa 580-630 CE -- _tIllustration 9 Brick shrine in quarry area, Ārpākkam
505	0	0	_aIllustration 10 Ekāmbaranātha Temple, Kanchi, Left to right: Roof of Kacci Mayāṉam shrine (tenth century), Pillared Hall (twentieth century), Gateway (seventeenth century), Vṛṣabheśvara Shrine (ninth century), Gateway (sixteenth century) -- _tIllustration 11 (Vṛṣabheśvara Shrine at far right) Archaeological Survey of India, A view of the tank from the east, Ekambreswaraswami Temple, Conjeevaram, 1897, photographic print, 21.1 × 25.6 cm, British Library, Photo1008/3(325) -- _tIllustration 12 Panel 1-4 (and see Illustration 7), Tāṉtōṉṟīśvara Temple, Kanchi, panels seventh century
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650		0	_aPilgrims and pilgrimages _zIndia _zKānchipuram.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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