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Ali Daud

Garden and landscape practices in pre-colonial India : Histories fro the deccan - New Delhi Routledge 2012 - 200p xix

Table of contents
Foreword Monica Juneja;
Contents;
Glossary;
List of Plates;
Acknowledgements;
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; About the Editors;
About the Contributors;
Index

ISBN: 9780415664936

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Gardening - Landscape - India 2, Horticulture - Gardening - Pre-Colonial India - Guide

Dewey Class. No.: 635.900000 / ALI