CONTENTS
Foreword
Maharaja Gajsingh 7
Lady Helen Hamlyn 8
1. Prologue 10
Kulbhushan Jain
2. Thoughts of an Architect
About Dedication and Love, About Architectural History and Conservation
Niels Gutschow 30
3.Heritage Conservation 48
Challenges of Managing an Integrated Approach
Ashoke Chatterjee
4.Past Forward 60
Amita Baig
5.Backwards into the Future 74
Challenges for Conservation in Contemporary India
Rahul Mehrotra
6. Blurring Boundaries of Conservation 90
Neeta Das
7. Conservation of Historical Districts and Revitalisation of the City 102
The Italian Experience and the Reorganisation Project of the Ferrara University Romeo Farinella
8. Complexity, Information surplus and Interdisciplinarity management 124
The Rehabilitation of Tassoni Estense Palace in Ferrara
Pietromaria Davoli
9. Sustaining Historical Continuation 146
Ken Marquardt
10.Conserving a Vijayanagara Monument 156
Chandramauleshwara Temple, Hampi
Abha Narain Lambah
11. Nalanda to Louis Kahn 170
Brinda Somaya
12.Conserving Amber Fort 192
An Integrated Approach
Meghal Arya
13.Hawa Mahal Conserving the Jaipur Icon
Minakshi Jain 208
14.Sustained Conservation
Mehrangarh—Jodhpur
Kulbhushan Jain 220
15.Invigorating Ahhichatragarh The conserved fort of Nagaur
Minakshi Jain 238
14.Reconstructing the designs of ruined temples
The case of Ashapuri, Dist. Raisen, Madhya Pradesh
Vishakha Kawathekar, Ajay Khare, Adam Hardy 248
15.Connecting Civilisations:
The Pulsating Grand Trunk Road of Punjab and Creating Memory Through Conservation of Heritage
Gurmeet S Rai 262
16.Conservation of Historic Gardens
Some issues and experiences
Priyaleen Singh 276
17. Integrated 3D Morphometric Survey For The Management and
Planning of Architectural Heritage
Marcello Balzani 288
18.Reis Magos Fort Goa
Gerard da Cunha 306
19.Mehrangarh
A unique living landscape of fort, palaces and places of worship— the heart of Marwar
Kami Singh 318
20.Epilogue: The Reflective Conservationist
Suchitra Balasubrahmanyan 328