Mughal gardens
Subtitle: sources, places, representations, and prospects
By: edited by James L. Wescoat, Jr. and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn.
Contributors: Wescoat, James L., 1952-; Wolschke-Bulmahn, Joachim.; Dumbarton Oaks.; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution); Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture (16th : 1992)
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Gardens, Mogul -- Congresses.; Gardens -- India -- Congresses.; Gardens -- Pakistan -- Congresses.
Description: This volume presents the research of scholars from different disciplines who have a mutual interest in Mughal gardens. Their contributions cover the aesthetic and horticultural as well as social, economic, religious, and political dimensions of Mughal gardens. Based on these studies, we now understand far more fully the gardens, architecture, and works of art that so visibly embody Mughal cultural attitudes.

The Mughal dynasty (1526-1858) began with the visionary garden builder and conqueror, Zahir and Din Muhammad Babur. As he conquered new lands, he would build gardens to mark the beauty of the natural landscape and to lay claim to the new territory; the role of garden design and meaning thereafter evolved with each Mughal ruler.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers presented at the 16th Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture, co-organized by Dumbarton Oaks and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and held in May, 1992.