Download or read book The Iconography of Architectural Plans written by Fredrick W. Bunce and published by D.K. Print World Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With surveys of diverse 'Buddhic' and 'Hindic' temples in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and even Malaysia, the book shows how the basic element in their architecture: the plan, was fraught with iconographic import and input, necessitating the guidance of an authoritative compendia, the arcane knowledge of the sthapati (priest-architect), and other complex procedures steeped in symbolism.