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Banaras: Making of India’s Heritage City
Author: Rana P. B. Singh
Date Of Publication: Oct 2009
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-1321-1
Isbn: 1-4438-1321-4
Narrating the making of the Hindus’ most sacred and heritage city of India (Banaras) this book will serve as lead reference and insightful reading for understanding the cultural complexities, archetypal connotations, ritualscapes and vivid heritagescapes that maintain India’s pride of history and culture.

Rana P.B. Singh is Professor of Cultural Geography & Heritage Studies, at Banaras Hindu University (India), and published extensively on cultural landscapes and heritage planning in India, which include 180 research papers, 36 anthologies and books, like Cultural Landscapes and the Lifeworld (2004), Geographical Thoughts in India (2009), Banaras, Making of India’s Heritage City (2009).

"…This work will serve as resource and role model for heritage studies and interdisciplinary ways of looking deeply into cultural landscapes."

― Prof. Neils Gutschow, Heidelberg University, Germany

"… In this volume, he brings together decades of careful work and makes a strong case for this great city as significant not only for the heritage of India, but for the wider world of visitors …"

― Prof. Diana L. Eck, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

"… No other scholar knows Banaras better than Rana P.B. Singh. His interpretation of its sacred landscape that he calls ‘mesocosm’ is unique."

― Prof. Amita Sinha, University of Illinois- UC, USA

"…Only by exploring Banaras over many years, so as to uncover its multiple belief systems, cultural patterns, spatial territories and superimposed archaeological layers, is it possible to develop a complete picture like this one."

― Dr. George Michell, London, UK

"… The author has consistently written books and papers of outstanding interest on the holy city of Banaras. These works confirm his outstanding reputation as an urban historian."

― Sir Christopher A. Bayly, University of Cambridge, UK

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Price Us Usd: 99.99

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