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 57
... exist . Measured drawings have been made recently of buildings which are still extant , like the Asafi Kothi , the showpiece of the Daulat Khana complex , but we can only speculate on the architect . Antoine Polier may have designed ...
... exist . Measured drawings have been made recently of buildings which are still extant , like the Asafi Kothi , the showpiece of the Daulat Khana complex , but we can only speculate on the architect . Antoine Polier may have designed ...
Page 74
... exist in private collections . On the terrace of La Martinière ( Lucknow ) , for example , there stand even today a huge bell and a splendid cannon from his foundries . Martin and the British Resident also purchased the arms and ...
... exist in private collections . On the terrace of La Martinière ( Lucknow ) , for example , there stand even today a huge bell and a splendid cannon from his foundries . Martin and the British Resident also purchased the arms and ...
Page 144
... exist then and are few and far between even now . Gulbadan explained that not all women in need can make the kotha their refuge ; some are not talented enough to become courtesans , and some are too anxious about their moral standing ...
... exist then and are few and far between even now . Gulbadan explained that not all women in need can make the kotha their refuge ; some are not talented enough to become courtesans , and some are too anxious about their moral standing ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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