Stupa and swastika : a study on the planning principles of Patan, Kathmandu Valley

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Stupa and swastika : a study on the planning principles of Patan, Kathmandu Valley

Kyoto University Press , In association with NUS Press, c2007

  • : Kyoto University Press : pbk
  • : NUS press : pbk

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"The Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) provided financial support to this study of seetlement patterns in Patan in the form of a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from April 2002 to March 2004, which allowed Mohan Pant to extend his doctoral research on Thimi, a town in the Kathmandu Valley, to Patan."--Acknowledgenets

Includes bibliographical refernces (p. 247-260) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Table of Contents

  • 1 PATAN AND KATHMANDU VALLEY TOWNS(Introduction;Patan:Legends and History)
  • 2 THE SETTLEMENT OF COMMUNITIES(Community and Neighborhoods;Neighborhood Quarters 1:Buddhist Monasteries ほか)
  • 3 SPATIAL ORDER:THE ANCIENT SYSTEM OF MEASURE AND PLANNING MODULES(The Layout of Courtyard Settlement Quarters;Patterns of Plot Divisions ほか)
  • 4 THE FOUR STUPAS AND THE PLANNING GRID OF PATAN(The Four Stupas;The Four Stupas and Settlement Grid ほか)
  • APPENDICES(The Town of Thimi,Kathmandu Valley;From Indus Valley to Kathmandu Valley:The Journey of the Indus Grid in Town Planning)

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  • NCID
    BA82673448
  • ISBN
    • 9784876987146
    • 9789971693725
  • Country Code
    ja
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Kyoto-city, Japan,Singapore
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, [4] p. of plates, 206 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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