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Summary

Delhi – A Graphic Guide

(Pages : 64 ; Hand drawn illustrations :102; Hand drawn maps : 5)

This guide book introduces the history of city of Delhi in a graphic format. The book introduces the history of Delhi from the time its name finds its earliest mentions in different records and chronicles. The book puts the historic city of Qutub Minar in its geographic context. Then the book moves through the history starting with building of Qutub Minar and the complex around it; monuments of archeological park in Mehrauli; Dargah of Hazrat Nizammudin; Tuglaqabad Fort; Firozeshah Kotla; Lodi Garden monuments; Old Fort; Humayun's Tomb; Safdarjung's Tomb; Red Fort and its monuments; Jama Masjid; Chandini Chowk and buildings in Shajahanbad; Jantar Mantar; St James Church; Vice Regal Palace (Rashtrapati Bhavan) and buildings on Raisina Hill; Parliament House; Hyderabad House; Raj Ghat; Lotus Temple; Chattarpur Temple Complex; and Akshardham Temple. The narration and illustrations guide the reader through the history moving from dynasty to dynasty and their monuments while introducing the features of architecture, social and cultural influences, personalities of rulers who got them built, stories attached to them. It follows the intuitive guide format and would interest both young and senior audience.

A word about Graphic Guides –

Graphic Guides are a must read for any one visiting India or wanting to go back in time when Emperors and Kings would take processions of elephants, finest horses, infantry amid the beat of drums and roar of trumpets through the streets of cities of Delhi, Agra or Jaipur or take to battle fields with all splendour and glory. These guides take you through…..

….the cities of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur in a hand drawn graphic format designed and narrated intuitively keeping in view armchair travelers, tourists, back packers, students and young audience;

….text is short and simple with a view to having an audience with very little time for going through these cities;

….with 60 to 64 printed pages (Jaipur has 53 pages), the books are light, handy and in easy-to-read;

….at the end of each book are short glossaries of words and terms used.

….the books bring out everything what one would like to know about Delhi, Agra and Jaipur in one sitting, say, on a short flight or a train journey or in bed just before retiring at night or on board Palace on Wheels or Royal Rajasthan or The Maharaja Express trains; on Tabs and i-Pads or inflight entertainment systems of flights in and out of India……

……Go ahead and explore…..

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