This guide to the monuments of India has been divided culturally rather than
geographically, with a companion volume on Moslem and British Imperial India.
The first part of the book consists a series of chapters of background
information - the land and its people, historical perspective, social structure,
priests and pilgrims and theory of the temple to enable the visitor to place the
sites and monuments in their historical,cultural and religious context. The
second part is a gazetteer of principal sites, monuments and related museums
arranged into six regions, each with a detailed map, brief historical survey and
summary of regional styles in art and architecture. The