TY  - BOOK
AU  - Das, Joyita
AU  - Maheshwari, Deepa (Guide)
AU  - Sekar, Uma Sankar (Guide)
TI  - Journeying the landscape domain in Ramayana (Also available on CD)
U1  - LA TH-0274 
PY  - 2016///
N1  - Contents  Jumpstart the thesis . 7  Introduction . 7  Need for the study . 7  Case taken . 8  Hypothesis. 8  Aim . 8  Objective . 8  Methodology . 10  2: Background study . 11  2.1. Narratives . 11  2.1.1. What led to making it  11  2.1.2. Nature and narrative: The connection . 13  2.2. Culture of the then society . 15  2.3. The timeline of ancient literary texts 17  2.4. Tools of landscape designer/architect  21  2.3.1 What is landscape?  21  2.3.2. Language of Landscape (in Narratives specific to our case)  21  2.3.3. Landscape layers (natural character/ physical resources) . 23  3: Preface to the study . 25  3.1. Travel Path of the Rama . 25  4: Diverse landscape layers and processes of nature portrayed  37  4.1. Physiography  37  4.1.1. Lithosphere . 37  4.1.2. Hydrosphere  44  4.1.3. Atmosphere . 47  Analysis. 52  4.2. Natural Vegetation . 60  4.2.1. Forests: Distribution 60 4.2.2. Grasses  64  Analysis. 66  4.2.3. Utilization of the forests and grasses  67  4.3. Fauna  69  5: Settlements  71  5.1. Region  71  5.2. Rural Settlements (Gramas) . 72  5.3. Urban settlements (nagaras) . 73  Analysis. 80  5.4. Fortification  81  5.5. Agriculture . 81  5.6. Transportation  86  6. Fascinating relationship between Nature and Man . 88  6.1. Weather forecasting 88  6.2. Classification of Gods  89  6.3. Animated figure: Nature Personification . 90  6.4. Environmental damage . 92  6.5. Depict emotions 95  6.6. Setting in the literature . 98  7: Ecosystem ecology . 104  8: Conclusion  106  Annexure . 108  Plants . 108  Animals . 122  Bibliography . 125
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