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The Vedic Period and Its Implication in Buddhist Architecture

The Vedic period influenced later Buddhist architecture in several ways. During the Vedic period, timber and bamboo were commonly used for circular huts with thatched roofs. Over time, these huts became oval with vaulted roofs. Artists later depicted scenes of Vedic life in stone reliefs on stupas and temples. Key architectural elements like the characteristic "L" shape of village gates and horseshoe-shaped windows evolved into common features in Buddhist architecture. The timber construction techniques also informed the design of stone structures, like the boundary treatments of stupas mimicking bamboo fences.

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The Vedic Period and Its Implication in Buddhist Architecture

The Vedic period influenced later Buddhist architecture in several ways. During the Vedic period, timber and bamboo were commonly used for circular huts with thatched roofs. Over time, these huts became oval with vaulted roofs. Artists later depicted scenes of Vedic life in stone reliefs on stupas and temples. Key architectural elements like the characteristic "L" shape of village gates and horseshoe-shaped windows evolved into common features in Buddhist architecture. The timber construction techniques also informed the design of stone structures, like the boundary treatments of stupas mimicking bamboo fences.

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THE VEDIC PERIOD AND ITS IMPLICATION IN BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE

VIJEET SHAH 1-C


VIDIT SINGHAL 1-B

IMPLICATION IN BUDDHIST
VEDIC PERIOD ARCHITECTURE

 In the vedic period, wood  The perishable timber


and timber/bamboo was architecture was
the main material used subsequently made
for construction. permanent by artists &
 The first huts were mostly craftsmen as by then
circular in plan and were wood had acquired a
made of a frame of bent sacral value
bamboos tied at the top  The artists recorded
coverd in thatch scenes of contemporary
life in relief sculptures on
the walls, stupas, chaityas
and torana gates.
 These scenes give us a
glimpse of what life was in
the vedic period and how
people lived and
understood architecture
 Vedic villages were a  The timber/bamboo
collection of huts in a boundary was adopted in
hexagonal layout with a stupas in stone with a
mostly quadrangular similar sense of joinery
bamboo fence all-around and finishing of wood.
the periphery of the
village
 The fence had verticals
(thaba) and horizontals
(suchi) with a larger
member at the top.
 Each village had at least  The gate became the
one gate which was called ‘torana’ in subsequent
gamadvara as it was used Buddhist architecture in
by the cattle to go out in india. In japan it became
the day and move in at ‘Torii’, in china ‘Piu-lu’.
evening.  The ‘L’ shape in plan is
 It had a characteristic ‘L’ seen in the entry gates of
shape in plan to prevent various stupas.
direct entry.

 Overtime the huts  The Sun windows evolved


elongated to an oval plan into ‘horse shoe’ shape
and the roofs were because of taking in of the
vaulted with bent bottom ends by a member
bamboos. at the base which was
 The shorter two ends used to keep the timber
became flatter and had from spreading outwards.
horseshoe shaped  This led to the formation
openings of the Chaitya Arch widely
used in Buddhist
Architecture.

 Internal base supports of  this became the design


the huts may have had element for bases of
pots of clay at the base columns in Buddhist
architecture
Figure 1 percy brown page 3

Figure 2 percy brown page 3

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