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

ISBN-13: 9780415664936 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 224 str.

Daud Ali; Emma J. Flatt

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Daud Ali is Associate Professor, Department of South Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania. Emma J. Flatt is Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.