{"product_id":"mountain-temples-and-temple-mountains-nachiket-chanchani-9780295744513","title":"Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains: Architecture, Religion, and Nature in the Central Himalayas","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom approximately the third century BCE through the thirteenth century CE, the remote mountainous landscape around the glacial sources of the Ganga (Ganges) River in the Central Himalayas in northern India was transformed into a region encoded with deep meaning, one approached by millions of Hindus as a primary locus of pilgrimage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNachiket Chanchani's innovative study explores scores of stone edifices and steles that were erected in this landscape. Through their forms, locations, interactions with the natural environment, and sociopolitical context, these lithic ensembles evoked legendary worlds, embedded historical memories in the topography, changed the mountain range's appearance, and shifted its semiotic effect. \u003ci\u003eMountain Temples and Temple Mountains \u003c\/i\u003ealso alters our understanding of the transmission of architectural knowledge and provides new evidence of how an enduring idea of India emerged in the subcontinent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArt History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http: \/\/arthistorypi.org\/books\/mountain-temples-and-temple-mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nachiket Chanchani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295744510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295744513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 7.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019","brand":"Nachiket Chanchani","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064814940415,"sku":"9780295744513","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16448653-b05d-4d9c-bc36-b2b34bc70a3b.jpg?v=1768671211","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mountain-temples-and-temple-mountains-nachiket-chanchani-9780295744513","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}