The Vanishing Stepwells of India
$95.73
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2020
Summary
Some of the most stunning architectural structures in India are to be found below ground: these are its stepwells, ancient water stores.
Stepwells are unique to India and from around the 3rd century CE were built throughout the country, particularly in the arid western regions. Excavated several stories underground in order to reach the water table, these cavernous spaces not only provided water all year long but also fulfilled other functions; they offered pilgrims and other travelle…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781858946894 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1858946891 |
| Author: | Victoria Lautman |
| Publisher: | Merrell Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Merrell Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 1.34kg |
| Dimensions: | 290mm x 250mm |
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About The Author
Victoria Lautman
Victoria Lautman is a print and broadcast journalist with a Master of Arts degree in art history. After working at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., she hosted and produced several long-running radio programmes in Chicago devoted to art and culture. She has written for dozens of international publications, and her first book, The New Tattoo, was published by Abbeville Press in 1994. A frequent traveller to India since 1982, she now writes and lectures about the subcontinent.
Divay Gupta is Principal Director of the Architectural Heritage Division at the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) in New Delhi. One of the country’s leading conservation architects, he has been managing and conserving the cultural resources of India for more than twenty years. He has also participated in missions to Nepal and Cambodia as a conservation expert with UNESCO and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). His projects in Ladakh have won UNESCO awards of Merit and Excellence.
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