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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... town , it is doubly difficult . Indian towns have been around for centuries . Their architectural histories and morphologies , however , are often badly fractured , and many of the records and structures have disappeared . Their social ...
... town , it is doubly difficult . Indian towns have been around for centuries . Their architectural histories and morphologies , however , are often badly fractured , and many of the records and structures have disappeared . Their social ...
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... town , than the town itself . Lucknow has enjoyed more attention than most South Asian towns , except for Calcutta , the 1990 tercentenary of which inspired many books and articles . A striking example of a post - medieval town , with a ...
... town , than the town itself . Lucknow has enjoyed more attention than most South Asian towns , except for Calcutta , the 1990 tercentenary of which inspired many books and articles . A striking example of a post - medieval town , with a ...
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... towns ( qasbas ) . These market and cultural centres supported an Islamicised service and com- mercial elite of their own . Many of the leading scholars of Islam came from , or taught in , madrasas located in such towns . A number of ...
... towns ( qasbas ) . These market and cultural centres supported an Islamicised service and com- mercial elite of their own . Many of the leading scholars of Islam came from , or taught in , madrasas located in such towns . A number of ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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