VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE.

MADHYA PRADESH.
HEART OF INDIA.
 LOCATION.
• Madhya Pradesh literally means "Central Province", and is located in the
geographic heart of India.

• The state straddles the Narmada River, which runs east and west
between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges.

• The state is bordered on the west by Gujarat, on the northwest by

Rajasthan, on the northeast by Uttar Pradesh, on the east by
Chhattisgarh, and on the south by Maharashtra.

• The highest point in Madhya Pradesh is Dhupgarh, with an elevation of

1,350 m (4,429 ft).

• The total land area of this state is approximately 308,245 km2

(119,014 sq. mi).

• Capital - BHOPAL.
WEATHER FORECAST IN BHOPAL
MADHYA PRADESH
TOURISM
 HISTORY.
• Isolated remains of Homo erects found in Hathnora in
the Narmada Valley indicate that Madhya Pradesh
might have been inhabited in the Middle Pleistocene
era.

• Chalcolithic sites belonging to Kayatha culture (2100–

1800 BCE) and Malwa culture (1700–1500 BCE) have
been discovered in the western part of the state.

• After the independence of India, Madhya Pradesh was

created in 1950 from the former British Central
Provinces and Berar and the princely states of Makrai
and Chhattisgarh, with Nagpur as the capital of the
state.
 TRIBALS OF MADHYA PRADESH.
• According to the 2001 census, the population of the tribals in
Madhya Pradesh was 12,233,000, constituting 20.27% of the
total population.

• there are 7 different tribes live in the state Madhya Pradesh

they are as fallows

• GOND

• BHEEL

• KORKU

• BAIGA

• SAHARIYA

• KOL And

• BHARIYA
 POPULATION.
• Population in Madhya Pradesh according to survey in 2012 is 73.34Million.

• The majority of people in Madhya Pradesh are Hindus and then Muslims.

• HINDUISM - 90.89%

• ISLAM - 6.57%

• JAINISM - 0.87%

• CHRISTANITY - 0.29%

• SIKHISM - 0.21%

• OTHERS - 1.26%
 TYPOLOGY OF HABITAT.
• This is in from the nucleus village.

• this is essentially the house of farmers - not the

house of tribes.

• This house has enclosure for protection.

• the enclosure which is semi open is used as

animal yard

• Covered living space which is some times two

storied and cooking space with rear courtyard.
 TYPOLOGY OF HABITAT.
• Linear pattern and fallows the hierarchy of
semi open.

• covered and semi open spaces.

• Bamboo baskets or the mats.

• Grain storage made up of mud are used for

cresting partitions in living spaces.

• the house is of mud walls with pitched roof

with earthen tiles.
 TYPOLOGY OF HABITAT.
• The unit appears to be one regular block
with a stopping roof.

• the rectangular plan partition to separate

living from cooking space.

• the walls are directly exposed to sun and

very small openings are provided for
ventilations.

• the animal yard is constructed nearby.

 RESIDENCE.
• these houses’ architectural, style-related, behavioural
and material features. Changes underwent by
dwellings or homes of these tribal communities are
also being highlighted here. For examples, walls of
Baiga dwellings were earlier made with some strong
plant parts or grass. Later, they started making walls
by applying mud on bamboo grills and finally walls
were made of mud and then with bricks. Earlier,
leaves were used to make a thatch followed by some
specific types of grass and then with factory-made
English tiles. Analysis of this process of change will also
help understand changes witnessed in tribal areas.
 RESIDENCE.
• Impression of only outer portion of some
houses will be made while effort will be
made to create geographical dimensions of
some houses. For example, dwellings of
Bhil tribe are lonely and on some small
hillock and effort is being made here to
show a similar look. Paintings of important
household things are also being made.
Specialities of these simple dwellings and
natural material used over there like
innumerable possibilities of wood and clay
can also being targeted here.
SANCHI STUPA
-BUDDHISM
 SANCHI STUPA
• The Buddhist vihara at Sanchi, famous for its
Great Stupa is located at Sanchi Town in
Raisen District of the state of Madhya
Pradesh, India, it is 46 km north-east of
Bhopal.

• The Great Stupa at Sanchi is the oldest

stone structure in India and was originally
[1]

commissioned by the emperor Ashoka in

the 3rd century BCE. Its nucleus was a
simple hemispherical brick structure built
over the relics of the Buddha.
AHILYA FORT MANDU FORT BUNDELA FORT GWAILOR FORT

FORTS
-MADHYA PRADESH
 GWALIOR FORT
• Gwalior fort is an 8th century hill fort near
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, central India. the
fort consists of a defensive structures and
two main palaces, Gurjari Mahal, built by main
Singh Tower. the fort has been controlled by a
number of different rulers in its history. the
Gurjari Mahal palace was built for Queen
Mrignayani. It is now Archaeological Museum.
the oldest record of ‘’zero’’ in the world was
found in a small temple, which is located on
the way to the top. the inscription is around
1500 years old.
 AHILYA FORT
• Maheshwar is a city in Khargone district
of Madhya Pradesh, in Central India. It is
located 13km east of National Highway 3
(Agra-Mumbai Highway) and 91km from
Indore, the commercial capital of the
state. The city lines on the north bank of
the Narmada River. It was the capital of
Malwa during the Maratha Holkar reign
till 6 Jan 1818, when the capital was
shifted to Indore by Malhar RaoIII.
 BUNDELA FORT

• The Bundles are a Rajput clan of central

India. The families belonging to this clan
ruled several small states in the
Bundelkhand region from the 16th
century.
 MANDU FORT
• Mandu or Mandavagad is a ruined city
in the present day Mandav area of the
Dhar district. It is located in Malwa
region of western Madhya Pradesh,
India, at 35km from the Dhar city. In the
11th century, Mandu was the sub
devision of the Tarangagadh or Taranga
Kingdom. This fortress town on a rocky
output about 100km (62 Mi) from
Indore is celebrated for its fine
Architecture.
 ‘’THANKS.
- CREDITS.

Prudhvi Raj Anoop Maheswari Neema Agarwal

Sakshi Patidar Aman Jain

JAI HIND