num_pages: 212
description:  220 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)About the Book Numerous accounts have shown us the life inIndias royal palaces, but what of the mansions of the aristocracy and wealthymerchant families? Their history has remained unchronicled.A walk down the streets of historic Indian cities leaves the visitors curiosityunsatisfied. Behind elaborate doorways and ornate balconies, the past is by the secretive nature of the enclosed buildings, turning back ontheir own inner courtyards, and by the changes of modem times. Who createdthese mansions, or havelis, as they are called innorthern India? They were built for a style of life which remained virtuallyunchanged over the centuries, but which has now vanished, leaving the buildingsdoomed to n
language: English
title: Indian mansions: A social history of the haveli [Jan 01, 1998] Tillotson, Sarah
titlecomplete: Indian mansions: A social history of the haveli [Jan 01, 1998] Tillotson, Sarah
genres: Architecture
publisher: Orient Longman