Forts of Bundelkhand - Hardcover

Sharma, Rita

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 812910721X ISBN 13: 9788129107213

Verlag: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Pages: 192 (Throughout Color Illustrations)From the JacketKaleidoscoped in this book is a landscape of history, culture and lore. In the bastions and ramparts of the citadels in Bundelkhand, is the thought, letter and song. When Rani Lakshmi Bai rode out of her citadel at Jhansi to engage the British, a legend was born to inspire an entire national movement; Kalinjar fort defied Maumud of Ghazni and daunted Delhis formidable Sultan Sher Shah Suri; and the loftiness and bountiful spread of art and architecture of Datia, Orchha and Deogarh is among the most venerable of the countrys heritage. Time and the elements have taken their toll, but these strongholds-monumental symbols of our past continue to hold the senses. About the AuthorRita Sharma and Vijai Sharma are in the Indian Administrative Service. Rita Studied Physics at Miranda House Delhi and did a Ph.D.in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University. Vijai Studied at Lucknow and holds law degrees from

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 812910721X
• ISBN 13: 9788129107213
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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