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About the Book:-Kanchipuram, the ancient capital of the Pallava kingdom, is situated about 30 miles south-west of Madras. It has from a very early day been noted for the number and beauty of temples. At the present day it is chiefly remarkable for its larger Dravidian temples, which, however, compared with the earlier examples, are of comparatively recent date, but before 1883, no one imagined that buildings still exist here, which are cotemporary with, or earlier than some of the oldest examples of South Indian Hindu architecture hitherto unknown. The history of the people to whom we ascribe these monuments is to a great degree very fragmentary, but so far as it bears on the architecture and shows the early extent and power of the Pallava kingdom, it will be desirable to incorporate it in the following sketch. In treating of their architecture, it is almost unnecessary to remark that the people, who excavated the work at Mammalapuram, whose date has been assigned to about the sixth century A.D., had evidently –even at that early date –a very complete knowledge of the art. The book is the product of extensive study of these exhaustive work of Pallava kingdom, contains about 34 volumes. It contains also 74 good illustrations to delineate the things vividly. About the Author :-Alexander Rea was a British archaeologist who worked mainly in South British India. He is known for unearthing a sarcophagus from the hillocks of Pallavaram in Tamil Nadu. First Assistant Archaeological Survey of South India in 1882. He worked as acting lecturer on Art and Geometry in the School of Arts. Madras, between 1888 to 1884. He was Professional Adviser to Government on the conservation of ancient monuments; Member for Archaeology on the Sub-Committee on the Public Services Commission in 1887. He was deputed to examine and report on certain Pre-historic burial places in Madras, Chingleput, and Kodaikanal in July 1887. The Title 'Pallava Architecture written/authored/edited by Alexander Rea', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121246217 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 309 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:- . PODA