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 17
... period . Over time , this region continued its cultural identity as Kosala and Madhyadesha , even as it merged into one or other of the states of northern India such as the Gupta ( c . AD 320-510 ) , the realm of Harshvardhana ( 606–47 ) ...
... period . Over time , this region continued its cultural identity as Kosala and Madhyadesha , even as it merged into one or other of the states of northern India such as the Gupta ( c . AD 320-510 ) , the realm of Harshvardhana ( 606–47 ) ...
Page 86
... period . Hindu and Sunni pressure led the British Resident to intervene against this imposition of prolonged sobriety , and the Shah finally revoked this decree , but pledged to observe the forty - day mourn- ing period in his own royal ...
... period . Hindu and Sunni pressure led the British Resident to intervene against this imposition of prolonged sobriety , and the Shah finally revoked this decree , but pledged to observe the forty - day mourn- ing period in his own royal ...
Page 191
... period to the general public in concerts that could be heard morning , afternoon , evening , and night . These occasions also allowed scholars and enthusiasts to gather to- gether with the performers and ' confer ' about music theory ...
... period to the general public in concerts that could be heard morning , afternoon , evening , and night . These occasions also allowed scholars and enthusiasts to gather to- gether with the performers and ' confer ' about music theory ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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