Ahmedabad: Glimpses Of India's First World Heritage City

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ArtByPino.com, Jan 10, 2020 - Architecture - 346 pages

India's first city to be designated as a World Heritage City is located in the western state of Gujarat. World Heritage Photographer, Author, and Publisher of six books on historic architecture, Pino Shah, takes you through a visual journey of the city of Ahmedabad (Amdavad). The book showcases some of the finest historic architecture of the 600+-year-old city, its culture, the people, festivities, day-trips from Ahmedabad and, more. A colorful journey based on 500+ photographs selected from over 20,000 photographs taken over a nine-year period.


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ISLAMIC FOUNDING OF THE CITY
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Ahmedabad The City Of Four Ahmeds 1 Bai HarirVavStepwell 1499 2 Sarkhej Roza 1451 9 Ahmedshah Mosque 1414 21 Jami Masjid Central Frid...
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MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI
164
Festivities Holi Dhuleti Festival Of Colors 175 ObservanceTaziyas 184 Festivities Uttarayan Kite Flying Day January 14 Every Year 185 Markets R...
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ARCHITECTURE GENERAL
219
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Pino Shah @ArtByPino is an architecture, world heritage and, performing arts photographer based in McAllen, Texas, and Ahmedabad, India. He has published Architecture of the Lower Rio Grande Valley: An Introduction, Brownsville Architecture: A Visual History, Galveston Architecture: A Visual Journey, McAllen Architecture: A Visual Journey, Quinta Mazatlan: A Visual Journey, and Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and, Ahmedabad: Glimpses of India’s First World Heritage City.

Carrie Rood is a graphics designer with experience in legacy and digital publications based in Burnsville, Minnesota.

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