Author: Stephen P. Blake
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-04-30
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780521522991
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A study of a pre-modern Indian city (Old Delhi) as a sovereign city.
Author: M. P. Singh
Publisher: Adam Publishers
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9788174352279
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John F. Richards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780521566032
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This traces the history of the Mughal empire from its creation in 1526 to its breakup in 1720. It stresses the quality of Mughal territorial expansion, their innovation in land revenue, military organization, and the relationship between the emperors and I
Author: Aniruddha Ray
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2016-09-13
Total Pages: 585
ISBN-13: 1351997319
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This much anticipated volume looks at the historical evolution of towns and cities in medieval India from the early thirteenth to the late eighteenth century. The selection is based on the availability of documents. These include the narratives of European travellers in English, French, Italian, Dutch, and German with the exception of Ibn Battuta in mid-fourteenth century and also Middle Bengali literature in case of towns in Bengal. While the coastal towns and cities have been looked at, the interior ones are also described on the basis of the writings of later historians and archaeologists. Care has been taken to explain the rise, growth and the decline of some towns and cities in which the changing courses of rivers had played a crucial role. Attempts have been made to search other factors responsible for such eventualities. The delineation of physical features within the city has been given due emphasis including the different quarters of the city and the manners and customs of the local population with reference to craft production and commercial links. The morphological differences between the cities of eastern and those of the western or northern India have also been described. This is clear from the observations of port towns described here. All these would show that India was one of the most urbanized area in the medieval period before advent of the British.
Author: Philip Jodidio
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783791353791
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From 1526-1857, the Mughal Empire presided over an extended period of peace, prosperity and unprecedented artistic achievement in the Indian subcontinent. For more than a decade, the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme has been working to preserve and restore historically significant sites to their original splendour. This book takes a close look at a wide variety of such projects, such as Bagh-e-Babur in Kabul; Humayun's tomb and garden in Delhi; and the walled city of Lahore; and places them in the wider context of the Empire's social, aesthetic and ethical mores. In addition, it includes contemporary projects being developed around the world that reflect aspects of Mughal and Islamic heritage. Filled with stunning colour photography, this book offers a detailed study of the myriad achievements of the Mughal world and their lasting effects throughout the globe. This book also includes texts written by leading specialists on the subject as well as those who were actually in charge of the restoration projects. AUTHOR: Philip Jodidio has published numerous books on architecture and art, including 'The Museum of the Horse', 'The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme', and 'Rafael Vinoly Architects' (all by Prestel). 250 colour illustrations
Author: Kenneth R. Hall
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780739128350
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume features the research of international scholars, whose work addresses the representative history of small cities and urban networking in various parts of the Indian Ocean world in an era of change, allowing them the opportunity to compare approaches, methods, and s...
Author: Michael H. Fisher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-10-18
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1107111625
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This longue durée survey of the Indian subcontinent's environmental history reveals the complex interactions among its people and the natural world.
Author: Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2008-06-30
Total Pages: 1520
ISBN-13: 9047442652
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The purpose of this book, is to draw attention to the sites of life, politics and culture where current and past generations of the Islamic world have made their mark. Unlike many previous volumes dealing with the city in the Islamic world, this one has been specially expanded not only to include snapshots of historical fabric but also to deal with the transformation of this fabric into modern and contemporary urban entities.