Cultural Landscapes of South Asia

"This book is a welcome addition to an ever growing lexicon of material on cultural landscape and the expanding body of knowledge we now associate with it. It is also timely in that the book’s focus is South Asia with its rich cultural mosaic of living history and traditions. As with other recent cultural landscape publications the focus is not famous high art/high aesthetic monuments and archaeological sites. Its focus is everyday settings of such places and everyday places – cultural landscapes both urban and rural – that are not in heritage registers and the human values that reside there. The focus on values, intangible aspects of heritage and broadening understanding of what authenticity means."

Ken Taylor, The Australian National University, Canberra

"[t]his book provides an original and a much needed contribution to the body of literature on cultural landscape and its conservation in South Asian region. The logical categorization of the chapters into four parts, each dealing which a different aspect of conserving historic cultural landscapes, could be helpful to any reader unfamiliar with the concept of cultural landscape."

Vaisali Krishna Kumar, University of Kansas, International Journal of Heritage Studies

"An academic reader comes away with a healthy regard for the region’s spatio-cultural complexity, and new sensitivity to heritage challenges, many not recognised in post-industrial contexts. But the real audience for this collection is in South Asia. Local government officials, policy-makers, and heritage experts in these countries should be required to read this book!"

Anoma Pieris, University of Melbourne, Australia, Cultural Landscapes of South Asia Journal