Entrée principale:

Pant, Mohan.

Titre et auteur:

Stupa and swastika : historical urban planning principles in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley / Mohan Pant and Shuji Funo.

Publication:

Kyoto : Kyoto University Press ; Singapore : NUS Press, ©2007.

Description:

xvii, 266 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes glossary.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-260) and index.
PART I. PATAN AND KATHMANDU VALLEY TOWNS. 1. Introduction --- 2. Patan: Legends and History ---- PART II. THE SETTLEMENT OF COMMUNITIES. 3. Community and Neighborhoods --- 4. Neighborhood Quarters I: Buddhist Monasteries --- 5. Neighborhood Quarters II: Jyapu Community Quarters ---- PART III. SPATIAL ORDER: THE ANCIENT SYSTEM OF MEASURE AND PLANNING MODULES. 6. The Layout of Courtyard Settlement Quarters --- 7. Patterns of Plot Divisions --- 8. Place Courtyards and the Palace Squares --- 9. The Buddhist Monastery Architecture ---- PART IV. THE FOUR STUPAS AND THE PLANNING GRID OF PATAN. 10. The Four Stupas --- 11. The Four Stupas and Settlement Grid --- 12. Conclusion ---- APPENDICES. 1. The Town of Thimi, Kathmandu Valley --- 2. From Indus Valley to Kathmandu Valley: the Journey of the Indus Grid in Town Planning.

Résumé:

Stupa and Swastika examines urban structures in the city of Patan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. The religious architecture and overall design of the city illustrate the connection between Buddhist symbolism and South Asian concepts of urban design in the Indus Valley, and suggest links with Southeast Asia. -- Back cover.

ISBN:

9784876987207 (Kyoto University Press)
4876987203 (Kyoto University Press)
9789971693725 (pbk. ; NUS Press)
9971693720 (pbk. ; NUS Press)
9789971693749 (hard ; NUS Press)
9971693747 (hard ; NUS Press)

Sujet:

City planning Nepal Pātan History.
Buddhist architecture Nepal Pātan.
Buddhist architecture.
City planning.
Stadtplanung
Buddhismus
Symbol
Sakralbau
Nepal Pātan.
Patan

Classification/genre:

History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Funo, Shūji, 1949-

Historical urban planning principles in Nepal

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 258040
Cote: BIB 188631
Statut: Disponible