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020 _a9780367251802
082 _a691.20954
_bKAU
100 _aKaur, Gurmeet & Others
_990177
245 _aNatural stone and world heritage : Delhi-Agra, India
260 _aLeiden
_bCRC Press
_c2020
300 _axiv,170p.
440 _aNatural stone and world heritage Ed. by Dolores Pereira
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505 _aContents 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
890 _aNetherlands
891 _aFA
942 _2ddc
999 _c69169
_d69169
650 _aUnited States
_aWorld Heritage areas
_aIndia--Agra
_aIndia--New Delhi
_aBuilding stones