CONTENTS 

Map


Introduction


Architectural Traditions of the Evolving City
R.J. Vasavada


Ahmedabad as a Centre of Painting
Shridhar Andhare


Arabic-Persian Scholarship: Medieval Manuscripts at the Hazrat Pir Muhammad Shah Dargah Sharif Library
Mohaiuddin Bombaywala


Incubating Indian Modernism
Himanshu Burte


An Awakening of Modern Art
Sharmila Sagara


Food is Serious Business
Sheela Bhatt


The Legend of Sabarmati's Hand-Blockprinted Textiles
Aditi Ranjan


Paper, Chopdas, Kites: Crafting Hindu-Muslim Symbiosis
Suchitra Balasubrahmanyan


Ahmedabad 600: Readings from the Palimpsest
Yatin Pandya


Index