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Natural stone and world heritage : Delhi-Agra, India

Kaur, Gurmeet & Others

Natural stone and world heritage : Delhi-Agra, India - Leiden CRC Press 2020 - xiv,170p. - Natural stone and world heritage Ed. by Dolores Pereira .

Contents
Foreword lX
Preface X
Acknowledgements xii
List of acronyms xv
1 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, International
Union of Geological Sciences and Heritage
Stone Subcommission 1
2 Delhi and Agra vis-a-vis monuments 23
3 Repository of stones used in Delhi and Agra
UNESCO Sites: Aravalli Mountain Belt
and Vindhyan Basin 37
4 UNESCO Heritage Sites of Delhi and Agra:
An account 60
5 Historical quarries of the Makrana Marble,
the Vindhyan Sandstone and the Delhi Quartzite:
An account 109
6 Preservation, conservation and restoration
of UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Delhi
and Agra 142
7 Conclusions 151
References 156
Glossary 168
Natural Stone and World Heritage 171

ISBN: 9780367251802

Subjects--Topical Terms:
United States
World Heritage areas
India--Agra
India--New Delhi
Building stones

Dewey Class. No.: 691.20954 / KAU


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