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STUDIES 
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SOUTH  ASIAN  CULTURE 
EDITED BY 
JANICE STARGARDT 
VOLUME XII 
THOMASE.DONALDSON 
HINDU TEMPLE ART OF ORISSA 
VOLUME ONE 
LEIDEN 
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Cleveland Stare University awarded in 1976, 1978 and 1983. 
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EDITOR'S PREFACE 
It  is  a  sad  duty  to  begin  this  preface  with  the  death  of  the  late  Professor 
J. 
E.  van  Lohuizcn-de  Leeuw,  sometime  Director  of the  Institute  of  South  Asian 
Archaeology,  University  of  Amsterdam,  which  occurred  suddenly  in  December  1981. 
Professor van l ohuizen's numerous services to the study of the art history and archaeolog)' 
of South and  South  East Asia  arc  well  known;  not the least of them  was her work  as 
founder and  first editor of the present series, S111dit1 in So11th Asian C11//11rt. This volume  is 
the twelfth to appear since the series  began  in  1969. The coverage  is  wide,  as  befits the 
series title, and has included volumes on the prehistoric archaeology of India and Indonesia 
alongside those devoted to the architectural and art history of India and Sri Lanka. As well 
as  serving as  indispensable sources for scholars working  in those fields, the volumes are 
regularly  consulted  by  those  in  the  cognate  fields  of  historical  archaeology,  epigraphy, 
ancient and mediaeval history and cultural anthropology. 
J. 
In  accepting the invitation extended to  me  by  E.  Brill  to assume  the  editorship of 
this  stries,  togothcr  with  the  Archaeology  and  Art  History  stries  of  the  Handb11rh  der 
Orirntali11ile,  I  am  sensible  of the  honour  and  the  responsibility  involved,  and  of  the 
ineluctable fact that to continue it in the creari,•c sense means, not to  repeat. but to rcnc~· 
the series by looking at manuscripts from the whole range of disciplines mentioned  above, 
all of which belong to South Asian cultural studies, in  addition to  the areas of the series' 
traditional strengths. 
Dr Thomas Donaldson's exhaustive study of Hind11  Temple  Art of Oriua,  will  appear in 
three volumes which together form Volume XII of the series. In Volume I, presented  here, 
he undertakes an illuminating analysis of the temple architecture of Orissa, drawing into his 
scrutiny many structures that have not prC\•iously received systematic study and at  the same 
time using a set of organizing principles that arc solidly based on the evidence presented by 
the temples themselves.  This procedure attemprs to  reduce the chronological uncertainties 
surrounding  inscriptions,  rcgnal  dares  and  the  associations  <)f  monuments  with  rulers. 
Instead, he looks  at the internal evidence  of the monuments to trace an Orissan stylistic 
vocabulary whose significant changes have chronological as well  as  regional connotations. 
Though beginning as early as the sixth century, the study is  principally concerned- in this 
volume-with temples of the eighth and ninth century and the tenth and eleventh century. 
Further development is followed up to the twelfth century in this volume and post-twelfth 
century  in  Volume  II.  Dr  Donaldson's  monographs  had  already  been  accepted  for 
publication  in  this  series  by  Professor  van  Lohuizen  before  her  death.  It  is  therefore 
appropriate to conclude with her evaluation of them: 
"From what I have  read, I  was deeply impressed by the high quality of this  piece of 
research. To say that it is a good book would be a monumental understatement, fur it 
is  in  every way exemplary and one would  wish  that similar books were  available  for 
the other styles of Indian  an, which unfortunately is not the case. If this  manuscript 
could  be  published,  it  would  be  the  first  real  handbook  on  anr  style  of Indian 
architeeturc and would serve as an example for others to follow". 
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I am glad to be associa1ed with the publication of Dr Donaldson's studies, albeit at a late 
s<age of the production of the first volume. I should like to take this opponunit)' to express 
my  gratitude  and  that  of the publishers  to  the  following  foundations  for  the  financial 
suppon needed for the  production of a work like this: The National Endowment for the 
Humanities; the Millard Meiss Fund. 
J..  
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Dirrctor, 
Cambridge Project on Ancient Civilization 
Cambridge, Winter 1981  in South East Asia 
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