tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post7755312985462944628..comments2024-03-29T11:07:45.409+05:30Comments on Ancient Inquiries: Chinese Pagodas: Were they influenced by Indian Temple architecture?Bibhu Dev Misrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15388473714672380058noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-90093975633921970922020-03-03T23:19:41.189+05:302020-03-03T23:19:41.189+05:30I haven't found any "Dravidian" styl...I haven't found any "Dravidian" style temples or gopurams depicted in the Buddhist art. However, we do see a few North-indian style curvilinear temple towers (shikharas) dating from the late Mauryan period. These were Buddhist temples, and presumably similar temples were also being built by the Hindus. None of the temples (apart from the rock-cut cave temples) from the pre-Gupta period have survived because they were built of wood and bricks.<br />Here's one such North-India style Buddhist temple dating from 1st century CE:<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bairat_Temple#/media/File:Tall_circular_Buddhist_temple,_Early_1st_Century_CE_-_Mathura_-_ACCN_00-M3_-_Government_Museum_-_Mathura.jpg<br /><br />I find it difficult to believe that the stepped stupa evolved into the Dravidian style gopurams. The gopurams are of an entirely different level of complexity with many floors, spiral staircases, windows etc. and one does not acquire the technological skills to build such structures simply by looking at a stepped stupa. I do not know when and how the Dravidian style gopurams developed, but it must have been from architecturally similar structures - i.e. from multi-storeyed buildings or towers.Bibhu Dev Misrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388473714672380058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-15397318896539389832020-02-27T18:42:24.899+05:302020-02-27T18:42:24.899+05:30I mean Dravidian temple complexes/ gopuram.
Coul...I mean Dravidian temple complexes/ gopuram.<br /> Could The Mahabodhi Temple be one of the few examples of surviving dravidian architecture in northern ancient india? Western world lits the Mahabodhi Temple"<br />in the shape of a truncated pyramid was derived from the design of the stepped stupas which had developed in Gandhara". And by the middle ages the influence of Buddhism (buddhism went on decline) would have been reversed. Which means stone pagoda is from buddhist central asia (supposedly greco-buddhist art and Hellenistic influence on Indian art), arrived in india as Mahabodhi-style Temples and influenced medieval hindu architecture later?<br /> South Asia was no more influenced by the art of ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan than Central Asia and east asia would have been, consequently stupas in Southeast Asian Theravada Buddhism and pagodas in East Asia via the Silk Road transmission of Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism is the closest to the original Buddhism which clearly results in repudiating what other newborn sects of Buddhism would have achieved in terms of architecture in South Asia. <br /><br />What do you think? henriquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207388042318856546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-11598408338907575542020-02-26T20:43:29.382+05:302020-02-26T20:43:29.382+05:30You mean Chinese and Japanese style pagodas? I hav...You mean Chinese and Japanese style pagodas? I haven't seen anything like that depicted in Mauryan art, at stupa sites like Sanchi, Amaravati etc. From an architectural standpoint they mostly depict stupas and viharas (monasteries). Bibhu Dev Misrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388473714672380058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-28162916781310878242020-02-24T19:55:22.070+05:302020-02-24T19:55:22.070+05:30Is there any pagoda depicted in maurya art? Is there any pagoda depicted in maurya art? henriquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207388042318856546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-65004165640260583562017-07-21T21:05:51.948+05:302017-07-21T21:05:51.948+05:30the newar tribe famous pagoda architecture but if ...the newar tribe famous pagoda architecture but if u ever visited northern himalayan , bihir village connected to kumaon region ,<br />the word newali stand this type architecture made of bammboo huts shows influence of pine tree , it is also known plaquin architecture found in gharwal region of mahashu temple<br /> and vijay stumbh of rajathanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13165203233588047704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-44092173461586515542016-01-02T00:28:46.358+05:302016-01-02T00:28:46.358+05:30Thanks for sharing this information. I have read t...Thanks for sharing this information. I have read that the "Nairs" may be related to the "Newar" people of Nepal, which would explain the similarity in architecture.Bibhu Dev Misrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388473714672380058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-87584799193894031512015-12-31T19:33:55.048+05:302015-12-31T19:33:55.048+05:30The "Nair" caste were dominant in Kerala...The "Nair" caste were dominant in Kerala for centuries. The Nair caste claims Nagavanshi lineage, and believe in legends of their far-away homeland near the himalayas. I am a Nair myself. Even the Matriarchal system that was practiced by the Nairs is only seen in certain Nair,Tulu and North-East Indian tribes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-38613297888423723822015-07-12T00:00:20.908+05:302015-07-12T00:00:20.908+05:30I was just looking at some of the wooden temples o...I was just looking at some of the wooden temples of Kerala and found it fascinating how much they resemble the temples of the Himalayan kingdoms - Himachal, Nepal, and China. <br />Kerala had trade relations with the Chinese and South-east Asia, so there could have been some architectural influence coming in through trade contacts, settlements etc.Bibhu Dev Misrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388473714672380058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-48865556814276404012015-07-09T03:53:25.775+05:302015-07-09T03:53:25.775+05:30Some temples in Kerala have a striking resemblance...Some temples in Kerala have a striking resemblance to Khokhan temple.nanzjulyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287187952312578056noreply@blogger.com