The Grand Trunk Road : A Passage Through India

Singh, Raghubir

ISBN 10: 0893816442 / ISBN 13: 9780893816445

Verlag: Aperture, 1995

Beschreibung

No markings. With an essay by Jean Deloche. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 530230

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Titel: The Grand Trunk Road : A Passage Through ...

Verlag: Aperture

Erscheinungsdatum: 1995

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition

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Book by Singh Raghubir Deloche Jean

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For centuries traders, religious seers, nomads, migrants, and conquerors have travelled the Grand Trunk Road - the axis of the Indian sub-continent's heavily populated and politically dominant north. This ancient road, the country's primary commercial route, is the channel by which changes have historically coursed through Indian society. Raghubir Singh's vibrant color photographs evoke the energies and contrasts of a modern journey along the road Singh terms "a living panorama of north India's people."
An essay by Jean Deloche, of the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, in Pondicherry, India, provides a compelling history of the Grand Trunk Road since its emergence as ancient India's first route for traders and invaders. The French historian and geographer interweaves literary references and excerpts from early travellers' accounts into his essay. Singh's photographs and gripping firsthand account of his remarkable travels draw the reader into an unforgettable journey down the lifeline of northern India, where, as Singh writes, "the past and the present breathe side by side."