Book ID: 88868
Ashraf, Jaweed
Studies in Historical Ecology of India. 2004. XIV, 247 p. g8vo. Hardcover.
Chapter headings: Ecology as Culture/ Concept of Forest in Kautilyaand its Significance for the Emergence of Land Use Pattern in India/Some Aspects of Indian Ecology in Arab Accounts/ Portuguese Sourcesand New World Plant introductions in India/ Light, Sand and ThermalDamage to Archeological Monuments/ Nature Dependent Water Management:A yet functioning medieval underground canal at Burhanpur (MadhyaPradesh)/ Centralized and Decentralized Paradigms of Development:Case Study of Water Management in Medieval and Modern Delhi.