Lucknow: Memories of a CityViolette Graff Oxford University Press, 1999 - 299 pages This collection of pieces looks at 150 years of Lucknow's recent history, from its rise to grandeur during the Nawabi days to its political preeminent position today. |
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Page 55
... Martin's realised fantasies and Polier's lost or unidentified houses . By 1781 Asaf - ud - Daula had a substantial example of a European house , built by a European on the heavily wooded bank of the river . Claude Martin's first ...
... Martin's realised fantasies and Polier's lost or unidentified houses . By 1781 Asaf - ud - Daula had a substantial example of a European house , built by a European on the heavily wooded bank of the river . Claude Martin's first ...
Page 58
... Martin at its centre . The exterior of the building was decorated with figures from Greek and Roman mythology , but also , interestingly , a female sphinx , which reflects both Martin's antiquarian bent and the adoption of Egyptian ...
... Martin at its centre . The exterior of the building was decorated with figures from Greek and Roman mythology , but also , interestingly , a female sphinx , which reflects both Martin's antiquarian bent and the adoption of Egyptian ...
Page 75
... Martin's ' Pro- perties and Land in the states of the Vizir ' were estimated at about Rs 4,00,000 and his ' Properties and Land in Bengal ' at Rs 1,18,000 ( Martin , 1800 : Accounts 1799 ) . A part of Martin's fortune was invested in ...
... Martin's ' Pro- perties and Land in the states of the Vizir ' were estimated at about Rs 4,00,000 and his ' Properties and Land in Bengal ' at Rs 1,18,000 ( Martin , 1800 : Accounts 1799 ) . A part of Martin's fortune was invested in ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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