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Exploring South Asian Urbanity

Exploring South Asian Urbanity

Mukhopadhyay, Urvi
Ghosh, Suchandra

Hardcover

General SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0367134292
ISBN13: 9780367134297
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: Sep 21 2021
Pages: 354
Weight: 1.55
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book looks at the typologies of cities and ideas of urbanity. Focusing specifically on cities in South Asia, it analyses the unique planning concepts, archaeology, art, culture, life, and philosophy of various cities of ancient and modern South Asia.

The book explores the concept of urbanity and the idea of an ideal city; it interrogates general notions of urbanity by juxtaposing city life in various periods and geographies of South Asia. By analysing the demography, architecture, rituals, and culture of various cities, it looks at the different spatialities of these places in terms of their size, population, commerce, and philosophy as well as the reasons behind the transformation of these places into urban centres. Drawing from various archeological and literary sources, the volume includes rich details about heterogeneity, rituals, festivals, social stratification, penal systems, famines, and insurrections in ancient cities as well as modern cities like Lahore, Dhaka, and Calcutta, among many others in South Asia.

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