Abstract
The author, Professor Michael W. Meister, has produced this book after his long experience and deep
study into ancient Hindu, Buddhist and Jain architecture in South Asia. Hindu temples in Pakistan
attracted the attention of only a few surveyors and scholars who described superficially the monuments
standing in ruins at various sites, in the Salt Range and along the Indus. The author has not only linked
architectural history with visual observation, but, also, has supported his study with the latest
archaeological data retrieved from excavation and highlighted the evolution of the Hindu temple in
Pakistan from the sixth through to the tenth century CE. The book has 85 pages of text divided into five
chapters, Glossary, Bibliography and Index, and 149 figures in black and white including maps,
photographs, plans and sketches. It is published in 2010 by Brill from Leiden and Boston.
MUHAMMAD FAROOQ SWATI . (2011) Temples of the Indus: Studies in the Hindu Architecture of Ancient Pakistan , Pakistan Heritage, Volume 3, Issue 1.
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