Her space, her story : exploring the stepwells of Gujarat
Mehta Bhatt, Purnima
Her space, her story : exploring the stepwells of Gujarat - New Delhi Zubaan 2014 - xiii,156p.
CONTENTS
List of Photographs ix
Acknowledgements xi
1 Introduction 1
2 Significance and Sanctity of Water in India 5
3 Origin and Development of Stepwells (7th- 19th Centuries) 14
4 The Woman Factor 24
5 Description of Individual Stepwells 35
6 Place of Women in Society 60
7 Queen's Stepwell (Rani ni vav) - Patan, Gujarat 72
8 Voices from the Deep 91
9 Art, Symbolism and the Iconography of Stepwells 107
10 Birds and Nature in the Stepwells of Gujarat 120
11 Stepwells Today 133
Bibliography 140
About the Author and Photographer 147
Index 149
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Her space, her story : exploring the stepwells of Gujarat - New Delhi Zubaan 2014 - xiii,156p.
CONTENTS
List of Photographs ix
Acknowledgements xi
1 Introduction 1
2 Significance and Sanctity of Water in India 5
3 Origin and Development of Stepwells (7th- 19th Centuries) 14
4 The Woman Factor 24
5 Description of Individual Stepwells 35
6 Place of Women in Society 60
7 Queen's Stepwell (Rani ni vav) - Patan, Gujarat 72
8 Voices from the Deep 91
9 Art, Symbolism and the Iconography of Stepwells 107
10 Birds and Nature in the Stepwells of Gujarat 120
11 Stepwells Today 133
Bibliography 140
About the Author and Photographer 147
Index 149
9789383074495
725.95 / MEH