2 publications

• Published Subscription 29 Jun 2020

  Kautilya’sArthashastra: A Timeless Way of Planning

  By Aditi Sharma, Shruti H Kapur, Sukriti Dogra

  Abstract: India has a rich legacy of its art, literature, culture and, values and it has manifold influences and one such statesman-philosopher is the intellectual pioneer Kautilya also known as Chanakya and occasionally as Vishnugupta. This article discusses the teachings of Kautilya specifically related to architecture and planning of cities as compiled in his book. The Arthashastra. His ideas are important for the understanding of the Indian strategic system of an …

  Published in International Journal of Architectural Heritage · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 5–10 Read article →

• Published Subscription 15 Apr 2019

  Bridging Between City and the River: Case of Tawi Riverfront, Jammu City

  By Aditi Sharma

  Abstract: City space purposes actively to influence socio-cultural methods, identities and, indeed, the ways in which the city itself is represented. In the city, a space could transform to be as place, through human experience of a space which can be instinctive, bodily and immediate. Rivers had vision in motion as a way to show active processes in its flowing slowly, which are simply restrained in time and the life of …

  Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 20–34 Read article →