Kachchh: The Last Frontier

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This book is a fascinating visual record of the faraway western corner of India, obscure Kachchh, which is the last frontier of a fading way of life. Kachchh is a mystery land, not easy to comprehend. Its vast length and breadth cannot easily be covered, and it is greater in area than some states of India. The evocative photographs take the reader to its wide horizons and remote settlements, inhabited by people of diverse races and religions. It is a land that time had forgetten. The author shares images of this picturesque land and its diverse ecosystems, the dazzling Great Rann of Kachchh, quaint harbours and other antiquities. The text supplements information about its history, myths and people. This is the first such illustrated and informative book on this outlying region of India.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR T.S. Randhawa

Tejinder Singh Randhawa has been documenting venerable elements of Indian life-styles that are becoming archaic. Prior to this work on traditional courtyard houses he ahs authored books on subjects ranging from nomadic tribes to textiles. His publications The Last Wanderers : Nomads and Gypsies of India and Kachchh : The Last Frontier were highly acclaimed. He has also photographed Patolas and Resist Dyed Fabrics of India and written for journals on issues of appropriate technology. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, he is a senior officer in the Indian Administrative Service.