Delhi - A Bibliography : History Art & Culture and Urban Studies (Set of 2 Volumes)

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This comprehensive bibliography in two volumes offers an unique opportu nity to the scholars to have a kaleido scopic view of the studies done so far on the various facets of history, art, culture and urban studies of the great city-Delhi, through books, articles from learned periodicals, dissertations, research reports and important press clipings.

Volume I incorporates more than six thousand entries classified into twenty major subjects-Anthropo logy, Archaeology, Architecture, Archives, Arts, Bibliographies, Biogra phies, Conservation & Preservation, Directories & Encyclopaedias, Epigra phy including Calligraphy, Exhibitions & Fairs, History, Institutions & Profes sional Organisations, Language & Literature, Libraries & Information Centres, Monuments, Museums & Art Galleries, Numismatics, Philosophy & Religion and Travel, Tourism & Guide Books which have further been classi fied into several sub-groups. Except a few divisions like Architecture, Epigra phy, History and Numismatics, where the arrangement is chronological, entries in other main groups have been alphabetically arranged. Entries are mainly in English language, although a few important documents in Sanskrit, Hindi and Urdu have also been included.

C.B. PATIL, Assistant Superintending Archaeologist, in the Archaeological Survey of India, is an active field worker and a keen researcher. He has participated in various excavations Vadagaon-Madhavapur, Hampi Natio nal Project, Halebid, Banawali and Banahalli. He was a member of the Indian team that undertook explora tions and excavations in Maldive Islands (1987). He also had been to Sevilla (Spain) in connection with 'Expo 92 Universal Exhibition' in 1992.

PURNIMA RAY is Assistant Librarian in the Archaeological Survey of India. She has to her credit Vasistha's Dhanurveda Samhita, an English translation (1991).

Delhi situated on the western bank of the meandering Yamuna in the Indo-Gangetic plain evokes a compulsive attraction and fascination not because of its being a seat of immense power from time immemorial, not because it had been the capital of India during the British rule and continued to be so after it was freed from the shackles of thraldom in 1947 but because of its varied cultural and historical heritage.

Few ancient metropolises endowed with an unparalleled history and antiquity, continue through the ages as world's capital cities. Delhi, strategically placed on the northern spur of the Aravali range, overlooking the Indo-Gangetic plains, is one such historic metropolis. From time immemorial, Delhi has remained much coveted by Indian rulers and foreign conquerors and has been a passive spectator to the rise and fall of illustrious dynasties which shaped the future of the Indian sub-continent.

The city site on the western bank of the river Yamuna is in the shape of a triangle with its apex at Wazirabad where the main axial ridge meets the river while its base is formed by the Mehrauli-Tughluqabad ridge. The other two sides of the triangle are formed by the Yamuna in the east and the Delhi ridge on the west. Aptly named 'the Delhi Triangle', it resembles a fortress and therefore commands a position of strategic importance in the Indo-Gangetic plain.

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