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Ashish Nangia

Ashish Nangia is an architect and architectural historian, with an M.Phil. in Urban Culture and History from the University of Paris, France. Based alternately in Chandigarh, India, Paris, France and Seattle, USA, he is currently working on a doctoral thesis on the modern architectural heritage of India.

Yoga Sutras
Yoga - An Introduction
Questions of Self & Consciousness
The Seer and the Self
Another Perception of Reality
The Question of Truth and Yogic Practice
Pramana-Viparyaya-Vikalpa-Nidra-Smrtayah

Opinion
The idea of India and the Muslim Mind
The Sikhs of Bobigny

Perspective
The Myth of the Indian Engineer

Travelogues
Empires and Dust: Travels in Modern India
Empires and Dust: Travels in Modern India II
Empires and Dust: Travels in Modern India - III

Workshop
So Babuji

Architecture of India
Introduction
The Indus Valley Civilization
The Vedic Age
Communion with the Soul: The rise of Buddhism
The Evolution of the Temple
Poetry in Stone: Crystallization of the Hindu Temple
Rock Cut Architecture
         Elephanta Caves : Photo Essay
The North Indian Style Evolves
Theories and Principles of Indian Temple Construction
The Glorious Culmination
Tamil Magnificence - Developments in South India
The Temple Cities of the South
The Hoysalas of Karnataka
Death of an Empire: The Ruins of Hampi
The Islamic Influence
The Towers of God
Consolidation and Continuation: The Beginnings of an Indo-Islamic Culture
The Megalomania of Ala-ud-Din Khilji
The Tughlaq Years
Firoz Shah and After
The End of the Delhi Sultanate
Integration and Absorption : Regional Variations of Islamic Architecture
The Pleasure Palaces of Mandu
Brick and Bamboo at Bengal
The Deccan : Gulbarga and Bidar
The Deccan : Golconda and Bijapur
Rajput Architecture : The Beginning of a National Identity
A Quirk of Fate – Babur, Humayun and Sher Shah
The Mughal Empire : Fortresses and Citadels – 1
Fatehpur Sikri : The City of Victory
Splendor and Decadence in Delhi
The Mughal Empire : Mosques and Tombs – I
The Mughal Empire : Mosques and Tombs - 2
The Mughal Empire : The Taj Mahal
Mughal Decline and Princely Architecture
“For Christians and Spices” - the Portuguese and the Estada da India
Trade to Empire – From the East India Company to Angrez Raj
British Colonial Architecture - An Imperial Vision
A Search for an Imperial Style : British Colonial Architecture
The Seats of Power - Shimla and New Delhi
New Delhi – A new Capital
The Architecture of the Princely States
British Colonial Architecture: Towns, Cantonments and Bungalows
Nascent Nationalism and Indian Architecture
Partition and After : New Challenges for a New Nation
The City of Chandigarh I
The City of Chandigarh II
The Beginnings of an Architectural Culture - Delhi:
     Post Independence Challenges
Towards Re-Writing A History of Indian Architecture
Post Colonial India and its Architecture - I
Post Colonial India and its Architecture - II
Post Colonial India and its Architecture - III
The Auroville Experiment

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