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Garden and Landscape Practice in Pre-colonial India: Histories from the Deccan

By Daud Ali , Emma J. Flatt

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2012
ISBN
9780415585941, 9781138659865, 9780415664936
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
43 MB (45081487 bytes)
Series
Visual & Media Histories, 2
Pages
\224
Time added
2021-03-09 04:11:10

Description

Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Contents List of Plates and Tables Glossary Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. The Use of Garden Imagery in Early Indian Buddhism 2. Botanical Technology and Garden Culture in Someśvara’s Mānasollāsa 3. Nature, Dams, Wells, and Gardens: The Route of Water in and around Bidar 4. Paradise on Earth: The Deccan Sultanates 5. In Amīn Khān’s Garden: Charitable Gardens in Qutb Shāhi Andhra 6. The Use of Imaginary Landscapes in Paintings from Bijapur 7. Reading Gardens in Deccani Court Poetry: A Reappraisal of Nusratī’s Gulshan-i ‘Ishq 8. The Nizamshahi Persianate Garden in Zuhūrī’s Sāqīnāma 9. Heavenly Gardens: Astrology and Magic in the Garden Culture of the Medieval Deccan About the Editors About the Contributors Index

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