8 edition of empress & the architect found in the catalog.
Published
1996
by Yale University Press in New Haven
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Other titles | Empress and the architect |
| Statement | Dimitri Shvidkovsky. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | NA1196 .S54 1996 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | vii, 273 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 273 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL809756M |
| ISBN 10 | 0300065647 |
| LC Control Number | 95046576 |
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pages. Published: Genre: Non-fiction. Publisher: Yale University Press. Languages: English. ISBN Hardcover: ISBN Softcover: No softcover edition available. Print Status: in print. description. Ruby Lal is an acclaimed historian of India and a professor of South Asian History at Emory University.
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