Architecture is. referred to as A Mirror of Civilization; a new book on its history thus presents a new interpretation a different way of looking at this mirror. A record of 5000 years of sequential development of architecture in this subcontinent spread over such a large area with such cultural diversity of people culminating in metamorphosed phases of rich and fascinating achievements is no easy task.This book refers to ancient but it starts with the earliest records of the Indus Valley Civilization and weaves through the Vedic and Buddha periods the golden period of the Guptas Chalukyas Pallavas Cholas Chandelas and various other regional domains and thus covers the period from about 3000 BC to the 12 th century AD. The full canvass is fascinating & colorful with variety a forms tones and shades of growing and falling empires and kingdoms building edifices recording for posterity their glorious achievements. About the Author Ar. Sanjeev  Maheshwari a product of Govt. College of Architecture Lucknow is a first batch graduate of Lucknow University. He served his Alma Mater as a Lecturer in Architecture after a brief stint as an Assistant Architect with UPRNN. He had an opportunity of working with Swedish theater expert Per Edstrom on variable theater design during an International Workshop on Theater Design. He has presented and published several technical papers in National Conferences and Seminars. He has worked as a research/study associate with noted academician Prof. D.C. Thapar on Urban Conservation Studies of INTACH identified heritage zone of Hussainabad at Lucknow. He served UP Housing & Development Board as an Assistant Architect Planner and was sponsored to attend a workshop on Settlement Design at Human Settlement Management Institute under Indo- Dutch technical assistance. He became an Assistant Professor in Architecture at C.R. State College of Engineering at Murthal (Haryana). He is a life member of Indian Society for Technical Education. He has been awarded fellow membership of The Indian. Institute of Architects. At present heis serving Aligarh Muslim University in the capacity of a Reader in Architecture Department in the faculty of Engineering & Technology. Ar. Rajeev Garg also a graduate of Lucknow University is a young professional of Architecture at present working as a Lecturer in the Department of Architecture at Regional Engineering College Hamirpur (H.P). Earlier he had served Aligarh Muslim University as a Lecturer in Architecture in its Engineering College. He has worked on several prestigious Architectural Design Projects as a freelance presentation expert with several reputed architects and at present is actively engaged in research on occult sciences like Vastu & Astrology. He aspires to give new direction and dimension to academics of architecture through his dynamic and forthright approach.