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Cultural Heritage of South Asia

A comprehensive guide to World Heritage Sites in India.

Inscribed 2010

Credit: Marcin Białek via Wikimedia Commons

Books

Architecture and Independence: the search for identity--India 1880 to 1980 by Jon Lang; Madhavi Desai; Miki Desai
Call Number: 720.9540904 L253a
ISBN: 0195639006
Publication Date: 1998-05-07
Location: Architecture & Art
Cosmic Architecture in India: the astronomical monuments of Maharaja Jai Singh II by Andreas Volwahsen
Call Number: Q. 720.954 V889c
ISBN: 379132506X
Publication Date: 2001-07-01
Location: Main Stacks
Exploring Ancient Skies [electronic resource]: a survey of ancient and cultural astronomy by Linda M. Burton; A. F. Aveni (Foreword by); David H. Kelley; Eugene F. Milone
Call Number: Online Resource
ISBN: 9781441976246
Publication Date: 2011-02-16
Location: *UIUC Online Collection
The Jaipur observatory: Jantar-Mantar by H.L. Showers
Call Number: 522.10954 Sh828j
ISBN: 8181820681
Location: Architecture & Art
Jantar-mantars of India: stone observatories: Jaipur, Delhi, Ujjain, Varanasi, Mathura by Prahlad Singh
Call Number: 522.195409 Si64j
Location: Main Stacks
Jantar Mantar by V. N. Sharma
Call Number: 522.19544 Sh236j
ISBN: 9788129113757
Location: Main Stacks
Sawai Jai Singh and his astronomy by Virendra Nath Sharma
Call Number: 522.1954 Sh23s
Location: Main Stacks

Architecture in the Service of Science by Barry Perlus
Authenticity, Abstraction and the Ancient Sense: Le Corbusier's and Louis Kahn's Ideas of Parliament by William J. R. Curtis
Perspecta
Vol. 20 (1983), pp. 181-194
Via JSTOR
Jantar Mantar - Theory, Construction and Limitations
National University of Singapore

Online Resources

Beyond the Taj
A collection of images depicting Indian architecture and culture, primarily photographed by the late professor Robert D. MacDougall. The images are currently owned by Cornell University.
World Heritage Sites
Via Archaeological Survey of India
The Jantar Mantar at Jaipur, India
Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy, in partnership with UNESCO World Heritage Site

Audio Visual Resources