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INDIAN ArchitectureNotes 187 INDIAN Culture and Heritage Secondary CourseMODULE - VPainting,Performing Artsand Architecture13 INDIAN ARCHITECTUREAt times it becomes very important to be reminded that we are that civilizationwhich has spanned atleast 4,500 years and which has left its impact onnearly everything in our lives and society. Imagine UNESCO has listed 830 WorldHeritage Sites, out of which 26 are in India. This is less than six other countries. Is this nota tangible proof of the creative genius and industry of this ancient land, people, and also ofthe gifts bestowed on it by nature. Be it the Bhimbetka s pre historic rock art at one end orthe innumerable palaces, mosques, temples, gurudwaras, churches or tombs and sprawlingcities and solemn through the cities of Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Mumbai and Calcutta etc.

3. All the sites consisted of walled cities which provided security to the people. 4. The cities had a rectangular grid pattern of layout with roads that cut each other at right angles. 5. The Indus Valley people used standardised burnt mud-bricks as building material. 6. There is evidence of building of big dimensions which perhaps were public ...

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