Building histories : the archival and affective lives of five monuments in modern Delhi
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TextSeries: Description: xv, 244 p. illustrationsISBN: 9780226283470 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Islamic architecture | Architecture | India--New Delhi | Architecture--Political aspectsDDC classification: 720.95456 Summary: This book offers innovative accounts of five medieval monuments in Delhi-the Red Fort, Rasul Numa Dargah, Jama Masjid, Purana Qila, and the Qutb complex-tracing their modern lives from the nineteenth century into the twentieth. Mrinalini Rajagopalan argues that the modern construction of the history of these monuments entailed the careful selection, manipulation, and regulation of the past by both the colonial and later postcolonial states.
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This book offers innovative accounts of five medieval monuments in Delhi-the Red Fort, Rasul Numa Dargah, Jama Masjid, Purana Qila, and the Qutb complex-tracing their modern lives from the nineteenth century into the twentieth. Mrinalini Rajagopalan argues that the modern construction of the history of these monuments entailed the careful selection, manipulation, and regulation of the past by both the colonial and later postcolonial states.
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