Author: Suresh K. Sharma
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Encyclopaedia of Kashmir. 2. Kashmir art, architecture and tourism
Kashmir Art Architecture And Tourism
Author: S.K. Sharma Et Al.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788174880550
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788174880550
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Encyclopaedia of Kashmir
Author: Suresh K. Sharma
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jammu and Kashmir (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jammu and Kashmir (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Kashur The Kashmiri Speaking People
Author: Mohini Qasba Raina
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN: 1482899450
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Kashur-The Kashmiri Speaking People is the out come of a dedicated research where in the author on the basis of geological, archeological, chronological and linguistic evidences has presented a truthful and unbiased account of the group she herself belongs to. She projects, and rightly so, that the Kashur from the ancient eras possessed highly developed spiritual and intellectual caliber that helped these people per se to evolve into one of the richest social, religious and literary cultural linguistic group. In this effort she has analyzed and given clarification to certain commonly held misconceptions. She explains that legends created by primitive ancestors are not myths made up as entertaining stories but are based on reality and are representations of the living truth that has been perceived by the compilers. Those interested in the rich cultural heritage of the Kashur, their architectural acumen, their proficiency in historicity, their mastery in languages, their zeal as torch bearers of various religions, and their ever-changing social order inclusive of their faults and foibles will find this book a great help and a guide. This book even records the excesses, hardships and tyrannies that the Kashur has had to face under the rule of various invaders and usurpers in their long political chronology of almost 5,000 years and the struggles they have had put in, to survive these onslaughts bravely and at times even slyly.
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN: 1482899450
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Kashur-The Kashmiri Speaking People is the out come of a dedicated research where in the author on the basis of geological, archeological, chronological and linguistic evidences has presented a truthful and unbiased account of the group she herself belongs to. She projects, and rightly so, that the Kashur from the ancient eras possessed highly developed spiritual and intellectual caliber that helped these people per se to evolve into one of the richest social, religious and literary cultural linguistic group. In this effort she has analyzed and given clarification to certain commonly held misconceptions. She explains that legends created by primitive ancestors are not myths made up as entertaining stories but are based on reality and are representations of the living truth that has been perceived by the compilers. Those interested in the rich cultural heritage of the Kashur, their architectural acumen, their proficiency in historicity, their mastery in languages, their zeal as torch bearers of various religions, and their ever-changing social order inclusive of their faults and foibles will find this book a great help and a guide. This book even records the excesses, hardships and tyrannies that the Kashur has had to face under the rule of various invaders and usurpers in their long political chronology of almost 5,000 years and the struggles they have had put in, to survive these onslaughts bravely and at times even slyly.
Encyclopaedia of Kashmir. 4. Modern Kashmir
Author: Suresh K. Sharma
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jammu and Kashmir (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jammu and Kashmir (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set
Author: Jonathan Bloom
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019530991X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1697
Book Description
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture is the most comprehensive reference work in this complex and diverse area of art history. Built on the acclaimed scholarship of the Grove Dictionary of Art, this work offers over 1,600 up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history. Recent changes in Islamic art in areas such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq are elucidated here by distinguished scholars. Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world. With the fundamental understanding that Islamic art is not limited to a particular region, or to a defined period of time, The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture offers pathways into Islamic culture through its art.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019530991X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1697
Book Description
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture is the most comprehensive reference work in this complex and diverse area of art history. Built on the acclaimed scholarship of the Grove Dictionary of Art, this work offers over 1,600 up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history. Recent changes in Islamic art in areas such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq are elucidated here by distinguished scholars. Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world. With the fundamental understanding that Islamic art is not limited to a particular region, or to a defined period of time, The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture offers pathways into Islamic culture through its art.
Encyclopaedia of Kashmir. 8. Kashmir and the United Nations
Author: Suresh K. Sharma
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jammu and Kashmir (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jammu and Kashmir (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Art and Architecture of Ancient Kashmir
Author: Pratapaditya Pal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description