Dynamics of Settlement Patterns in the Shekhawati Region of Rajasthan
Dynamics of Settlement Patterns in the Shekhawati Region of Rajasthan

Author: Kishore Raghubans

Publisher: BAR International Series

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781407313139

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This study enunciates the position of prehistoric to early historic settlement-patterns in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. It brings forth structure-inference concerning settlement location, function, distribution and trend in settlement density at a regional scale with a view to understanding ecological adaptation and cultural changes through prehistoric to early historic periods. The method of regional analysis has developed models for explaining economic and functional relations between settlements. Economic development is understood through analysing variations in style and technologies used for certain artefacts like ceramics, lithics and metals. Functional differences in terms of raw material resources, smelting sites, processing sites and possible interactions between these are adequately looked into.

EVOLUTION OF SETTLEMENT PATTERNS AND SYSTEM IN JAIPUR DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN
EVOLUTION OF SETTLEMENT PATTERNS AND SYSTEM IN JAIPUR DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN

Author: Izhar Ahmad

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-09-12

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1387143816

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The present study on evolution of settlement patterns and system in Jaipur district shows that evolution of settlement and its growth in an area is out¬come of, interplay of prevailing socio-economic, physico-cultural and techno-organizational factors in temporal and spatial aspect during the process of growth many more changes are found due to coming of different racial stock in the region and putting their imprints on physical landscape of the region in accordance with their cultural norms of society.

Himalayan Cities
Himalayan Cities

Author: Pratyush Shankar

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789383098163

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Himalayan Cities: Settlement Patterns, Public Places and Architecture explores the idea of settlements in different areas of the Himalayan region, cutting across national boundaries, from Kashmir via Nepal to the north-eastern parts of the Indian subcontinent, and their relationship with the landscape. By comparing these, the book makes the case for peculiarities of the Himalayan city and succeeds in deducing key principles and general models, typical of the settlement patterns, nature of public places and architecture shaped by this unique mountainous environment. The relationship between natural systems and human ingenuity as projected through its built traditions forms the underlying theme of the book. Lavishly illustrated with stunning photographs and detailed hand drawings by the author and his students, Himalayan Cities not only engages the academia but also the general reader and helps provoke a discourse on this intriguing landscape and its architectural nuances.

JAIPUR
JAIPUR

Author: ALAIN. CATALAA BORIE (FRANCOISE. PAPILLAULT, REMI.)

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9788494933011

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Geology of Rajasthan (Northwest India) Precambrian to Recent
Geology of Rajasthan (Northwest India) Precambrian to Recent

Author: A.B. Roy

Publisher: Scientific Publishers

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 9386102102

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The book will help the future earth scientists to identify potential horizons of future research work not only to enhance our knowledge but also to provide clues to finding new mineral deposits in this paradise for geologists.

Rethinking the Approach to Groundwater and Food Security
Rethinking the Approach to Groundwater and Food Security

Author: Marcus Moench

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9789251049044

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This study attempts to re-frame the current thinking on groundwater development and the implications for food security. Groundwater is important in agriculture as it provides a reliable fallback when rainfeeding fails. It is therefore instrumental in managing risk and optimizing food production. However accessing groundwater has become habit and turned to dependency. Resources limits on many key aquifers have been exceeded and competition for groundwater has become intense. This study highlights the role of adaptive strategies in dealing with aquifer management and indicates directions of research and management.

Shifting Circles of Support
Shifting Circles of Support

Author: Rajni Palriwala

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited

Published: 1996-05-07

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13:

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Contributors, including historians, lawyers, anthropologists, and sociologists, provide eleven essays addressing change and continuity in intimate life arrangements, with a focus on kinship, family, and gender relations and the degree of support and security they offer, in view of the influence of macroeconomic and political processes. Printed in India. AltaMira Press (a division of Sage Publications) is at 1630 North Main Street, Suite 367, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A Carnival of Parting
A Carnival of Parting

Author: Ann Grodzins Gold

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-07-28

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 0520911555

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Madhu Natisar Nath is a Rajasthani farmer with no formal schooling. He is also a singer, a musician, and a storyteller. At the center of A Carnival of Parting are Madhu Nath's oral performances of two linked tales about the legendary Indian kings, Bharthari of Ujjain and Gopi Chand of Bengal. Both characters, while still in their prime, leave thrones and families to be initiated as yogis—a process rich in adventure and melodrama, one that offers unique insights into popular Hinduism's view of world renunciation. Ann Grodzins Gold presents these living oral epic traditions as flowing narratives, transmitting to Western readers the pleasures, moods, and interactive dimensions of a village bard's performance. Three introductory chapters and an interpretive afterword, together with an appendix on the bard's language by linguist David Magier, supply A Carnival of Parting with a full range of ethnographic, historical, and cultural backgrounds. Gold gives a frank and engaging portrayal of the bard Madhu Nath and her work with him. The tales are most profoundly concerned, Gold argues, with human rather than divine realities. In a compelling afterword, she highlights their thematic emphases on politics, love, and death. Madhu Nath's vital colloquial telling of Gopi Chand and Bharthari's stories depicts renunciation as inevitable and interpersonal attachments as doomed, yet celebrates human existence as a "carnival of parting."