ARCHITECTURE APTITUDE
JEE & NATA STUDY MATERIAL
jee mains paper 2 and nata exams always have questions about monuments,Indian architecture history,world architecture history,famous structures,architecture glossary ,building type and materials ,in this post design academy will provide information related to these topics.
Indian architecture-history
Ancient(pre Aryan)-
#Indus valley civilization
major sites- harappan and mohenjodaro
three major buildings- public baths, dwelling units,pillared halls
materials for construction- burnt-mud bricks
famous structure- the great bath
Indus valley artifacts- bronze and terracotta sculptures were made.
vedic Aryan(temple architecture)-
emergence in Mauryan and Gupta period ,
center of emergence was magdha (bihar),
Buddhism and Jainism was major religions
#Cave architecture- Buddhist and Jain-
TEMPLES-
- Ajanta temple(aurangabad)
- Ellora(aurangabad)
- Elephanta (aurangabad)
- Badami(north karnataka)
- Udaygiri(orissa)
#Monotheistic temples-
TEMPLES-
- kailash temple
- mahabalipuram temple
- badami monolithic temple
TEMPLE-
- khajuraho temple
- lingraja temple(orissa)
- Muketshwar temple(Bhubneshwar)
- Jagannath puri temple
- Dilwara temple
- Somnath temple(Gujarat)
- Kalighat temple(west Bengal)
- shankracharya temple(Kashmir)
check out syllabus of-NATA and JEE PAPER2 .
for more such study materials of nata and jee stay tuned ,we will get back with more such stuffs for architecture exams and
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