Title & Author:

Garden and landscape practices in precolonial India : histories from the Deccan / editors, Daud Ali, Emma J. Flatt.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.

Description:

xvi, 201 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Visual & media histories ; 2

Notes:
"Some of the essays in this volume were first presented at a workshop entitled Fragrance, Symmetry and Light: the History of Gardens and Garden Culture in the Deccan, which was held at Central University of Hyderabad, 22-25 January 2007"--Acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents -- Foreword / Monica Juneja -- Introduction / Daud Ali & Emma J. Flatt -- 1. The Use of Garden Imagery in Early Indian Buddhism / Akira Shimada -- 2. Botanical Technology and Garden Culture in Somesvara's Manasollasa / Daud Ali -- 3. Nature, Dams, Wells and Gardens: The Route of Water in and around Bidar / Klaus Rotzer & Pushkar Sohoni -- 4. Paradise on Earth: The Deccan Sultanates / Ronald Inden -- 5. In Amin Khan's Garden: Charitable Gardens in Qutb Shahi Andhra / Phillip B. Wagoner -- 6. The Use of Imaginary Landscapes in Paintings from Bijapur / Deborah Hutton -- 7. Reading Gardens in Deccani Court Poetry: A Reappraisal of Nusrati's Gulshan-i Ishq Ali / Akbar Husain -- 8. The Nizamshahi Persianate Garden in Zuhuri's Saqinama / Sunil Sharma -- 9. Heavenly Gardens: Astrology and Magic in the Garden Culture of the Medieval Deccan / Emma J. Flatt.

Summary:

Contributed articles presented at the workshop at Central University of Hyderabad, 22-25 January 2007 titled fragrance, symmetry and light: the history of gardens and garden culture in the Deccan.

ISBN:

9780415664936 (hbk.)
0415664934 (hbk.)

Subject:

Landscape gardening India Deccan History.
Gardens India Deccan History.
Gardens.
Landscape gardening.
India Deccan.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Ali, Daud, editor, author.
Flatt, Emma J., editor, author.
Shimada, Akira, author.
Rötzer, K. (Klaus), author.
Sohoni, Pushkar, author.
Inden, Ronald B., author.
Wagoner, Phillip B., 1955- author.
Hutton, Deborah, author.
Husain, Ali Akbar, author.
Sharma, Sunil, author.
Ali, Daud editor of compilation, author.
Flatt, Emma J. editor of compilation, author.
Shimada, Akira, 1968- author.
Rötzer, K. (Klaus) author.
Inden, Ronald B. author.
Hutton, Deborah S. author.
Husain, Ali Akbar author.
Sharma, Sunil, 1964- author.
Visual & media histories ; 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 283964
Call No.: BIB 222492
Status: Available