Landscapes In India

by A Sinha

University Press of Colorado, 2006

Cloth: 978-0-87081-815-8

Library of Congress Classification SB470.55.I4S56 2006

Dewey Decimal Classification 712.0954

Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1. Landscape Archetypes
Chapter 2. Nature: A Transcendentalist View
Part II: Natural Archetypes
Chapter 3. Nature in Ramayana
Chapter 4. Landscapes and the Ramayana Legend
Chapter 5. Sacred Landscape of Braj
Chapter 6. The Cosmic Tree in Buddhist Landscapes
Chapter 7. Kalika at Pavagadh: Landscape of the Mother Goddess
Part III: Spatial Archetypes
Chapter 8. Design of Settlements in Vaastu Shastras
Chapter 9. Social and Spatial Order in Villages
Chapter 10. The Void as Center: Courtyard Dwellings
Part IV: Archetypes and Design
Chapter 11. Implication for Pilgrimage Sites
Chapter 12. Implication for Environmental Design
Chapter 13. Visions for the Future
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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