Mapping Place Names of India

by Anu Kapur

Book Overview

This book is the first of its kind to chart the terrain of contemporary India's many place names. It explores different 'place connections', investigates how places are named and renamed, and looks at the forces that are remaking the future place name map of India.

Lucid and accessible, this book explores the bonds between names, places and people through a unique amalgamation of toponomy, history, mythology and political studies within a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367149184
• ISBN13: 9780367149185
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"