Komandur, Kadambari and Menon, Srikumar M (2018) Finishing the Unfinished: Conjectural Restoration of the Open Mantapas at Badami. Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, 6. pp. 344-396.
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| Abstract: | Badami, along with Aihole, Pattadakal and some other sites in and around the Malaprabha Valley in northern Karnataka, contain some of the earliest stone monuments of southern India, beginning with the constructions of the Early Chalukyan dynasty, which ruled from their capital at Badami (ancient Vatapi) during the 6th to 8th centuries CE. The purpose of two open mantapas which stand prominently on a large sandstone boulder in the North Fort at Badami and accessed via a stepped path through a very narrow gap, is hitherto unknown. We hypothesize that the mantapas, which stand on partly rock‐cut bases, had their structural components fashioned entirely from rock quarried from the very boulder they stand on. We further hypothesize that they are unfinished, and not partly demolished during the Pallava occupation of Vatapi, as assumed earlier. Finally, based on the documentation of the rock cut plinth and analysis of similar monuments built under the patronage of the Early Chalukyas, we attempt a conjectural restoration of the structure as possibly imagined by its builders and put forward possible reasons why the structure remained unfinished. |
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| Item Type: | Journal Paper |
| Additional Information: | Copyright belongs to the Publisher |
| Keywords: | Badami, Early Chalukyas, Malaprabha Idiom, Open Mantapas, Quarry, Structural Temples, Temple Architecture |
| Subjects: | School of Humanities > Architecture School of Humanities > Archaeology School of Humanities > Art History School of Humanities > Heritage Studies Programmes > Heritage Science and Society Programme |
| Divisions: | Schools > Humanities |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2019 06:10 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2019 06:10 |
| Official URL: | http://www.heritageuniversityofkerala.com/ |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
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| URI: | http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1763 |
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