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Chaukhandi tombs : funerary art in Sind and Baluchistan / Salome Zajadacz-Hasternrath ; translated by Michael Robertson.
LIBRA NB1880.P18 Z3313 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zajadacz-Hastenrath, Salome, 1932-1998.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sepulchral monuments--Pakistan--Sindh.
- Sepulchral monuments.
- Sepulchral monuments--Pakistan--Balochistān.
- Islamic sculpture--Pakistan--Sindh.
- Islamic sculpture.
- Islamic sculpture--Pakistan--Balochistān.
- Sindh (Pakistan)--Antiquities.
- Sindh (Pakistan).
- Balochistān (Pakistan)--Antiquities.
- Balochistān (Pakistan).
- Pakistan--Antiquities.
- Pakistan.
- Antiquities.
- Pakistan--Balochistān.
- Pakistan--Sindh.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 182 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Karachi : Oxford Universiy Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- The Chaukhandi Tombs is one of the largest and best-preserved necropolises in the world. This book contains the first systematic study and analysis of group funerary structures. The author has used the style-critical method to delineate the particular features of Chaukhandi as well as to trace the features that link it to the architectural tradition of Gujrat and Western India.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 019579771X
- OCLC:
- 52327352
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