Southern India: A Guide to Monuments, Sites & Museums

554 Pages·2014·7.16 MB·English

by  George Michell

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Contents
Foreword
Maps
Introduction
History
Architecture
Art
Maharashtra
1. Mumbai
2. Around Mumbai
3. Pune
4. Nasik
5. Aurangabad
6. Ahmadnagar
7. Mahabaleshwar
8. Kolhapur
9. Sholapur
10. Nagpur
Goa
11. Central Goa
12. North Goa
13. South Goa
Karnataka
14. Bengaluru
15. Mysore
16. Kodugu
17. Mangalore
18. Chikmagalur
19. Shimoga
20. Hampi
21. Hubli
22. Badami
23. Bijapur
24. Gulbarga
25. Bidar
Andhra Pradesh
26. Hyderabad
27. Around Hyderabad
28. Warangal
29. Vijayawada
30. Rajahmundry
31. Visakhapatnam
32. Kurnool
33. Anantapur
34. Cuddapah
35. Tirupati
Tamil Nadu
36. Chennai
37. Around Chennai
38. Vellore
39. Puducherry
40. Thanjavur
41. Tiruchirapalli
42. Salem
43. Coimbatore
44. Madurai
45. Tirunelveli
Kerala
46. Thiruvananthapuram
47. Kochi
48. Kozhikode
Glossary
Index
Foreword
n recent years Southern India has attracted ever growing numbers of travellers, scholars,
students and pilgrims from other parts of India, as well as from abroad. Yet until now there
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has been no comprehensive, handy reference to the region’s major historical monuments
and sites and principal museum collections. Hence the present volume, which is conceived as a
series of itineraries based in and around a city or town where visitors may expect to find adequate
accommodation and other essential facilities. The itineraries cover more than 500 monuments
and sites, far more than visitors could expect to reach in a single tour, no matter how extended.
These places are all included here in the hope that visitors will consider returning to Southern
India on more than one occasion so as to explore a region that is unusually richly endowed with
ancient buildings, remains, and objects and artefacts spanning more than 2,000 year of history.
In preparing this volume, I have benefitted from inputs offered by friends and colleagues.
They include Andrew Bauer, Henry Brownrigg, John Copland, Anna L. Dallapiccola, John M.
Fritz, Sandhya Harendra, Helen Philon, Klaus Rötzer and Bob Simkin. Priya Kapoor, together
with her team at Roli Books in Delhi, has offered encouragement and editorial and design skills.
To all these individuals I offer my sincere thanks.
George Michell Goa, January 2013