Indian Architecture

Khajuraho Style

http://personal.carthage.edu/jlochtefeld/picturepages/Khajuraho/architecture.html

Dravidian Architecture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravidian_architecture


Hoysala Architecture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoysala_architecture

Himalayan Style
http://www.kamit.jp/05_wooden/4_himalaya/him_eng.htm

Sun Temple Konark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konark_Sun_Temple

Madurai Meenakshi Temple

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meenakshi_Amman_Temple

Dilwara Temples

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilwara_Temples

Pancha Rathas, Mammallapuram

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancha_Rathas

Shore Temple, Mammalapuram

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_Temple

Settlement Hierarchy

1.Griha-house
2.Grama-village
3.Palli- settlement of wild tribes
4.kheta- a place fortified by a mud wall or by a river or hill surrounding it

khetaka- hamlet

5.kharvata- market town, a poor town surrounded by a low wall, while according to kautilya-centre of union of 200 villages
6.dronamukha- a town with a harbour like ...centre of union of 400 villages

durga- citadel

7.pattana,pura- a large town or centre of trade/a mart for precious metals or a mining centre

8.matamba- open town associated with a cluster of 10,000 villages/fortified place in which produce from the field was deposited for safe custody
9.nagara- a town exempted from paying any of the 18 taxes levied on a village

10.rajadhani-capital

shakanagara- suburb

11.nigama-settlement of merchants

agraharam- brahmin quarter of village
12.samvatta-kotta- a fortified place or refuge

Ancient Indian Settlements

http://www.slideshare.net/ctlachu/ancient-system-of-town-planning-in-india