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082			_a915.4 _bRAY-M
100			_aRay, Himanshu Prabha _9375
245			_aMonuments / _ctext by Himanshu Prabha Ray [and] photographs by Amit Pasricha
260			_aNew Delhi : _bWisdom tree, _c2007.
300			_a102 p. : col. ill., map
490			_aIncredible India
505			_aContents : Sacred architecture in India--Shrines as Monuments--Indo-Islamic architecture--On the world map.
520			_aThe book locates monuments in their social and cultural context and views them as religious architecture. The shrine was not only a place of ritual, but also a centre for religious festivities and discourses on ethics and moral values. The temple or the mosque thus evolved as a crucial link between the ruling elite and the community and through its wider network extended the religious domain beyond political frontiers. With the establishment of colonial rule in South Asia during the 19th and 20th centuries, the relationship between the shrine and its community was radically transformed. This book takes the reader through the gradual metamorphosis in the character of religious sites from being culturally pluralistic to a monotheistic religious identity. This interesting book highlights the genesis of the multi-religious identity of monuments in India.
650			_aGEN _923715
650			_aMonuments _zIndia _922258
650			_aArchitecture _xSacred _zIndia _923712
650			_aIndo-Islamic Architecture _923713
651			_aIndia _xAntiquities _xPictorial works. _923714
700			_4Photographer _aPasricha, Amit _923710
710			_aDepartment of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Government of India _923692
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