HOA II Syllabus

Code Name Credits L S P T
CSA-1201 History Of Architecture & Human Settlements -II 3 3 3

Assessment Method
1 Internal Assessment 50%
2 End Semester Examination 50%
3 External Jury
Total 100%
Subject Objective: To provide an insight into the architecture of Classical antiquity & early
Medieval period. Social, religious, political and architectural character, construction methods,
building materials and settlement planning shall be explained with suitable examples. To
provide an understanding of the evolution of Classical architecture in the west in addition to
Indian Architecture in its various stylistic modes characterized by technology, ornamentation
and planning practices. Combined influence of geology, geography, climate, beliefs, religion and
culture on the architecture must be highlighted so as to appreciate how architecture is
embedded in place-specific context. The study must enable students to do a comparative
evaluation of developments in a chronological manner along the timeline and across different
geographies. Also, students must be enabled to appreciate tangible and intangible aspects of
heritage associated with history.
Unit-I. Classical Architecture - Greek Architecture and Roman Architecture

Study of Design Principles, Proportion, Optical corrections and Classical Orders. Building type’s
viz.,Temples, Sanctuaries, Thermae, Amphitheatres, Circus, Aqueducts and etc. Study of
planning principles adopted, Agora, Forum and their effect on settlement planning.
Unit-II. Early Christian Architecture

Study of Architectural character, evolution of Church form, building typologies, and building
elements, polymath architecture, Baptisteries, early Basilican churches; settlement planning,
and fortification systems.
Unit-III. Buddhist Architecture in India

Study of religious philosophy, resultant evolution of building typologies, building elements and
associated forms during Hinayana and Mahayana phases. Types of structures and elements
developed eg: Stupas, Viharas, Chaityas, Stambhas, Toranas, sacred railing etc. in India. Study
of form variations
across various countries.
Unit-IV. Indo Aryan Architecture

Development of fortification, walled towns, settlement patterns and the causative factors. Role
of Shilpasasthras and Arthashasthra in settlement planning. Study of worshipping places in Indo
Aryan / Nagara style, design of buttressed shikharas, rock-cut and structural examples of
temples.
Unit-V. Dravidian Architecture

Development of fortification, walled towns, settlement patterns and the causative factors. Role
of Shilpasasthras in settlement planning. Study of worshipping places in Dravidian style (Chola,
Chalukya, Pallava, Satavahana, Hoysala, Vijayanagara etc.), design of Gopuram and Shikhara,
Hindu, Buddhist and Jain cave and rock-cut temple architecture.
References:
Brown, P. (2010). Indian Architecture: Buddhist and Hindu period. Mumbai : D. B.
Taraporevala Sons and
Co.
Bubbar, D. K. (2005). The Spirit of Indian Architecture. New Delhi : Rupa & Co.
Copplestone, T. and Lloyd, S. (1971). World Architecture: An Illustrated History. London :
Verona Printed.
Crouch, P. D. (1985). History of Architecture: Stonehenge to Skyscrapers. London :McGraw-
Hill.
Costof, S. (2012). A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals. New York : Oxford
University Press.
Dutt, B. B. (2009). Town Planning in Ancient India. Delhi : Isha Books.
Kimball, F. and Edgell, G. H. (2012). A History of Architecture. Amazon : Ulan Press.
Fletcher, B. (1996). A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method. 20th Ed. London :
B.T. Batsford
Ltd.
Grover, S. (2003). Buddhist and Hindu Architecture in India. 2nd Ed. New Delhi :CBS
Publishers.
Hamlin, T. F. 1953. Architecture through the Ages. New York : Putnam Adult.
Harris, M. C. (1977). Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture. New York : M. Courier
Dover
Publications.
Ingersoll, R. and Kostof, S. (2013). World architecture: a cross-cultural history. Oxford : Oxford
University
Press.
Pramar, V. S. (2005). A social history of Indian architecture. New Delhi : Oxford University
Press India.
Roth, M. L. (2006). Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meaning. Columbia
: West-view
Press.
Sengupta, B. K., Sen, J. and Banerji, H. (2010). Reading material on Human Settlements.
Institute of Town
Planners of India, New Delhi.
Singh, U. (2009). A history of ancient and early medieval India: from the Stone age to the 12th
C. Delhi :
Pearson India.
Watkin, D. (2005). A History of Western Architecture. 4th Ed. London :Laurence King
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Code Name Credits L S P T

CSA-1201 History Of Architecture & Human Settlements -II 3 3 3

Unit-I. Classical Architecture - Greek Architecture and Roman Architecture

Unit-II. Early Christian Architecture

Unit-III. Buddhist Architecture in India

Unit-IV. Indo Aryan Architecture

Unit-V. Dravidian Architecture

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