Hipped and Gabled: Similitude and Vicissitude in Kerala's Sacred Art and Architecture
On the southwestern coast of India, Kerala, with its fortuitous position in the Indian ocean trade network, has served as a beacon for merchant ships since antiquity. As early as the ninth-century, Kerala’s rulers – the Cēras (ca. 800 – 1124) and merchant polities developed a symbiotic relationship...
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2019
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-3m8x-1r75 |