TY - BOOK AU - Yagnik, Achyut AU - Sheth, Suchitra TI - Ahmedabad from royal city to megacity U1 - 954.75 PY - 2011/// CY - New Delhi PB - Penguin Books N1 - CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix Picture Credits xi Introduction xiii 1 Ahmed Shah's City 1 2 Changing Cityscape : Sufis, Saints and Sects 22 3 The Face of Gurjardesh Lakshmi 42 4 Troubled Times 64 5 Jaali-Jharokha, Pol-Parabdi 83 6 A New Ramrajya 100 7 The Modern Ahmedabadi 119 8 Images of Ahmedabad 140 9 Chimneys and Chaalis 156 10 Swadesh, Swadeshi and Swaraj 177 11 Gandhi's Karmabhumi 194 12 In the Footsteps of Gandhi? 221 13 Resurgence and Upsurge 246 14 A Divided City 268 15 Greater Ahmedabad 289 Notes 307 Bibliography 320 Index 339 ER -