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Academic Year 2003/2004

Indian Architecture Through the Ages: Religion, Nationalism, and Identity
ARHA 279 SP

This course will explore the architecture of the Indian subcontinent (including Pakistan) from the 1st through the 17th centuries, A.D. In addition to providing a general exposure to the Indian architectural tradition, the course will seek to redefine and complicate the otherwise simplistic modern understanding of Indian architecture. With the plethora of religio-cultural patterns thoroughly intertwined within what is broadly known as "Indian culture," issues of religious and nationalist identification of the architecture of the subcontinent are foremost in the study of Indian architectural history. Surveying architecture from the ancient throught the Mughal periods, this course will explore the constantly shifting boundaries between what is Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Muslim in the context of post-Partition subcontinent.

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EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ART    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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