Rare and Unusual Books

Published: London, T&H,
Date: 1972.
Description: 240pp incl illustrations, bibliog. Cloth. 25x19. Ex library, with barcode and date stamp form only, vg thus, in dust wrapper.
Notes: The first detailed formal and stylistic analysis of the ‘caityas’, carved between c200BC and cAD200. These great sanctuaries were among the most imposing and sophisticated works of Indian religious art ever created and “the equivalent of the great cathedrals of medieval Europe”.
ISBN: 0500690014
Price: £35.00