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In the arid region of Gujarat and Rajasthan with scarce rain, a highly original architectural form developed, that of the stepped well, that is, a well with a long flight of steps leading down to the water’s edge. The steps did not remain as a mere adjunct to the well, but increased in complexity. Structural necessity to hold back the loose earth, coupled with the builder’s love of the ornate, transformed the flight of steps into an elaborate stairway, with many pillared pavilions demarcating the stages and with many storeys on successive pavilions.

The Ranki Vav, or the Queen’s Stepwell, at Patan, the old capital of Gujarat, was built by Queen Udayamati in memory of her husband Bhimadeva the Solaki king late in the eleventh century. The monument was planned on an ambitious scale, two hundred twenty feet in length, with a draw well nearly one hundred feet deep, and was furnished with no fewer than eight hundred sculptures.

The present work is concerned with the architecture, statuary, style and chronology of the Queen’s Stepwell. The method of construction is also considered to enable the reader to understand better this unique architectural form.

Twenty-six large drawings, specially commissioned, and 211 colour and black-and-white photographs, illustrate the book.

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This third publication under the aegis of the Project for Indian Cultural Studies will greatly interest the reader because it is indeed a pioneering work: at a stroke, a complete study of the most beautiful stepwell of India, recently desilted by the Archaeological Survey of India. The iconography and placement of the images as described meticulously by Dr. K. Mankodi is of special interest. The stepwell becomes alive with the help of excellent black & white photographs supplied by the American Institute of Indian Studies and in colour by Mrs. Xintian Zhu. The many plans of the monument were executed under the guidance of Prof. R. J. Vasavada with the help of four inspired students of architecture.



Table of Contents:
CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, BY MICHEL POSTEL I. INTRODUCTION II. ARCHITECTURE III. SCULPTURE IV. THE NICHED IMAGES V. SCULPTURES ON THE UPRIGHT POSTS VI. THE PILLAR MEDALLIONS AND BRACKETS VII. THE DETACHED SCULPTURES FROM THE STEPWELL VIII. THE DATE, AUTHORSHIP AND STYLE OF THE RANKI VAV


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9788190018401
  • Publisher: Franco Indian
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 252
  • ISBN-10: 819001840X
  • Publisher Date: 1991
  • Language: English

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