CONDITION USED GOOD, STONE BUILDINGS OF GUJARAT, 2010, HARDCOVER

It documents in reasonable detail buildings in stone and the allied artifacts from the earliest efforts through the golden period of the Solankis and Sultante and Colonial periods as wll as the stone in contemporary times. The book illustrated with hundreds of pictures o almost significant stone buildings of Gujarat that include place of worship of all faiths, tombs, cemeteries, memorials, educational buildings, palaces, modest dwellings, step-wells, tanks, lakes and some utility structures too.
Gujarat, the western landmass in the Indian peninsula, is resplendent with nature’s bounty. Its topography and geological diversity have, through eons, resulted in a vast range of stones and semiprecious stones, which have been used in many different ways: from monumental architecture to furniture, landscape elements, artefacts, tools, or jewellry. Stone craft certainly stands out as the most significant that has strongly shaped the history of architecture and interior spaces. And the Gujarat’s crafts persons, by their skills and ingenuity, have shaped stones into magnificent