TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ali, Daud Ed.
AU  - Flatt, Emma J. Ed.
TI  - Garden and landscape practices in pre-colonial India : histories from the Deccan
SN  - 0415664934
U1  - 712.5 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Routledge
N1  - CONTENTS List of Plates and Tables ix Glossary xiii Acknowledgements xvii Preface by Monica Juneja xix Introduction 1 Daud Ali & Emma J.Flatt 1. The Use of Garden Imagery in Early Indian Buddhism Akira Shimada 18 2. Botanical Technology and Garden Culture in SomesVara's Manosollosa Daud Ali 39 3. Nature, Dams, Wells, and Gardens: The Route of Water in and around Bidar Klaus Rdtzer and Pushkar Sohoni 54 4. Paradise on Earth: The Deccan Sultanates Ronald Inden 74 5. In Amm Khan's Garden: Charitable Gardens in Qutb Shahi Andhra Phillip B. Wagoner 98 6. The Use of Imaginary Landscapes in Paintings from Bijapur Deborah Mutton 127 7. Reading Gardens in Deccani Court Poetry: A Reappraisal of Nusrati's Gulshan-i 'Ishq Ali Akbar Husain 148 8.The Nizamshahi Persianate Garden in Zuhuri's Saqfnama Sunil Sharma 159 9. Heavenly Gardens: Astrology and Magic in the Garden Culture of the Medieval Deccan EmmaJ. Flatt 172 About the Editors 195 About the Contributors 196 Index 198
ER  -