Garden and Landscape Practices in Pre-colonial India

Histories from the Deccan

Daud Ali, Emma J. Flatt

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Routledge India
13 February 2012

Landscape art & architecture; History: specific events & topics

Series: Visual and Media Histories

This book presents a set of new and innovative essays on landscape and garden culture in precolonial India, with a special focus on the Deccan. Most research to date has concentrated on the comparatively well preserved gardens and built landscapes of the celebrated Mughal empire, giving the impression that they have been lacking in other times and regions. Not only does this volume provide a corrective to such assumptions, it also moves away from traditional art-historical approaches by posing new questions and exploring hitherto neglected source materials.

The contributors understand gardens in two related ways: first as real or imagined spaces and manipulated landscapes that are often invested with pronounced semiotic density; and second as congeries of institutions and practices with far-reaching social ramifications for the constitution of elite societies. The essays here present a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of garden culture in precolonial India, and together suggest several new and exciting directions of enquiry for those working in the Deccan, Mughal India, and beyond.

Edited by: Daud Ali, Emma J. Flatt
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 189mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 570g
ISBN: 9780415664936
ISBN 10: 0415664934
Series: Visual and Media Histories
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 13 February 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daud Ali is Associate Professor, Department of South Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania. Emma J. Flatt is Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.