JOIN USThe International Music and Arts Society and Deccan Heritage Foundation are presenting an illustrated lecture called ‘Cities of Victory: The Afterlife of Chalukya Architecture’ at Vijayanagara and Bijapur by Prof Philip B Wagoner on January 19, 6 pm at National Gallery of Modern Art.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, architectural historians were quick to recognise the stunning qualities of the distinctive temples associated with the Chalukyas of Kalyana (997-1200). But how did the inhabitants of the Deccan in the centuries after the collapse of the Chalukya state understand these monuments?
This talk will present evidence pointing to the occurrence of a Chalukya revival in the 16th century, as rulers of competing, would-be imperial powers reused Chalukya building components by, and in some cases, even entire structures, in their own architectural projects.