We know about the initial architectural style of Rajasthan, from the excavation of Sindhu civilization and Kalibanga in Rajasthan where remains of city civilization have been found. It is believed that from Sindhu-Saraswati civilization only the tradition of houses made of bricks started, which developed continuously.
There is mention of houses and palaces made of wood in the Mauryan period. Buildings were used for security purpose but these were also used symbolically to communicate the rating power to people. That is why some buildings were made so beautiful and expensive that it could be shown that the person living in the building was great. With time, architecture also changed in form, which we can see in the following :
- City architecture
- Fort architecture
- Stupa
- Temple
- Pur or Nagar
- Rural architecture.
