Description |
1 online resource (x, 292 pages) |
Series |
Global South Asia |
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Global South Asia.
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Summary |
Between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries, Banaras, the iconic Hindu center in northern India that is often described as the oldest living city in the world, was reconstructed materially as well as imaginatively, and embellished with temples, monasteries, mansions, and ghats (riverfront fortress-palaces). Banaras's refurbished sacred landscape became the subject of pilgrimage maps and its spectacular riverfront was depicted in panoramas and described in travelogues. Madhuri Desai examines the confluences, as well as the tensions, that have shaped this complex and remarkable city. In so doing, she raises issues central to historical as well as contemporary Indian identity and delves into larger questions about religious urban environments in South Asia |
Notes |
Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of California, Berkeley, 2008) under the title: Resurrecting Banaras : urban space, architecture and religious boundaries |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index |
Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Hindu architecture -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
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Sacred space -- India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
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Architecture and society -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
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ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
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ARCHITECTURE -- History -- General.
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Architecture and society
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Buildings
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Hindu architecture
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Sacred space
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Constructions -- Inde -- Benares (Inde, Uttar Pradesh).
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Architecture -- Aspect social -- Inde -- Benares (Inde, Uttar Pradesh).
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Lieux sacres -- Inde -- Benares (Inde, Uttar Pradesh).
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Architecture hindoue -- Inde -- Benares (Inde, Uttar Pradesh).
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SUBJECT |
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) -- Buildings, structures, etc
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Subject |
India -- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2021692790 |
ISBN |
9780295741611 |
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0295741619 |
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