Traveller's
Key
to
North
India
The Traveler's Key To North India is a new kind of guidebook - an illuminating guide that reveals the extraordinary richness and true significance of the regions main temples, palaces, shrines and pilgrimage places through a comprehensive and lucid exploration of their art and architecture, their history and their legend.
By
directing
the
traveler's attention
to
the
principles
that
underlie
the
structure
and
ornamentation
of
each
building
and
site,
it
provides
the
key
to
understanding
the
history,
religions,
and
culture
of
Northern
India.
It
is
both
a
practical
guide
and
a
companion
for
the
traveler,
and
a
stimulating
introduction
for
anyone
contemplating
the
journey.
Published in
USA by Alfred A Knopf
UK Harrap Columbus
Reviews
‘Superb. A well-written, vivid and informative guide’ - Travel and Leisure.
‘By far the best guidebook on India I have ever seen’ - Professor Huston Smith.
'This is quite simply, the most informed and the most literate guide to the great Indian keynotes. It is the vade mecum for the intelligent student of the sub-continent' - Geoffrey Moorhouse.
‘A truly meaningful encounter with a sacred place requires a parallel journey through a culture’s traditional literature and mythology. It is a rare guidebook that can make this journey into complex and traditional material and do so with an engaging and lively narrative of firsthand experience. Alistair Shearer’s ‘Traveler’s Key to Northern India’ is such a book.
One is touched not only by the deep mystery of these sacred places but by the devotion and sensitivity that the author brings to his task’- Parabola.
Click here to buy this book at amazon.com or here to buy at amazon.co.uk (if you are in the UK).
The Traveler's Key To North India is a new kind of guidebook - an illuminating guide that reveals the extraordinary richness and true significance of the regions main temples, palaces, shrines and pilgrimage places through a comprehensive and lucid exploration of their art and architecture, their history and their legend.
By
directing
the
traveler's attention
to
the
principles
that
underlie
the
structure
and
ornamentation
of
each
building
and
site,
it
provides
the
key
to
understanding
the
history,
religions,
and
culture
of
Northern
India.
It
is
both
a
practical
guide
and
a
companion
for
the
traveler,
and
a
stimulating
introduction
for
anyone
contemplating
the
journey. Published in
USA by Alfred A Knopf
UK Harrap Columbus
Reviews
‘Superb. A well-written, vivid and informative guide’ - Travel and Leisure.
‘By far the best guidebook on India I have ever seen’ - Professor Huston Smith.
'This is quite simply, the most informed and the most literate guide to the great Indian keynotes. It is the vade mecum for the intelligent student of the sub-continent' - Geoffrey Moorhouse.
‘A truly meaningful encounter with a sacred place requires a parallel journey through a culture’s traditional literature and mythology. It is a rare guidebook that can make this journey into complex and traditional material and do so with an engaging and lively narrative of firsthand experience. Alistair Shearer’s ‘Traveler’s Key to Northern India’ is such a book.
One is touched not only by the deep mystery of these sacred places but by the devotion and sensitivity that the author brings to his task’- Parabola.
Click here to buy this book at amazon.com or here to buy at amazon.co.uk (if you are in the UK).
