Design of settlements in the Vaastu shastras

Journal of Cultural Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 27-41

  Sinha, Amita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CULTURAL IDENTITY; DESIGN; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

INDIA;

EID: 0032471536     PISSN: 08873631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08873639809478319     Document Type: Article

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