Gurmeet Kaur, Sakoon Singh, Anuvinder Ahuja, Noor Singh

Natural Stone and World Heritage: Delhi-Agra, India

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses heritage stones which were used in the making of the architectonic heritage of Delhi and Agra, encompassing UNESCO world heritage sites and heritage sites designated as prominent by the Indian government. The most famous monument of the two cities is the 'Taj Mahal' of Agra.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 137mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780367251802
• ISBN-10: 0367251809
• Artikelnr.: 59759233

Autorenporträt

Gurmeet Kaur, Sakoon Singh, Anuvinder Ahuja, Noor Singh

Inhaltsangabe

1. UNESCO World Heritage Sites, International Union of Geological Sciences
and Heritage Stone Subcommission. 2. Delhi and Agra vis-à-vis monuments. 3.
Repository of Stones used in Delhi and Agra UNESCO Sites: Aravalli Mountain
Belt and Vindhyan Basin. 4. UNESCO World Heritage sites of Delhi and Agra:
An Account. 5. Historical quarries of the Makrana Marble, the Vindhyan
sandstone and the Delhi quartzite vis-à-vis functional quarries. 6.
Preservation, Conservation and Restoration of UNESCO World Heritage Sites
of Delhi and Agra. 7. Conclusions.