Architecture and Sculpture of the Pushpagiri Temples

This book is devoted to a study of the architectural, sculptural and iconographical wealth of the temples at Pushpagiri in Andhra Pradesh, India and gives exhaustive descriptions ranging from 11th to 16th centuries A D. These temples abound in narrative sculptures of the Vijayanagara period dealing with episodes from the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavata, besides some interesting episodes relating to saivite mythology. This volume makes a highly informative and useful contribution to the knowledge of architectural, sculptural and iconographical achievements of the Vijayanagara artists. Illustrated with several photographs and ground plans, this book may be useful for Museums, Archaeologists, Historians as well as for research scholars.