India. UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Die lange und vielschichtige Geschichte des Landes mit seiner Vielfalt an Gemeinschaften, Religionen und Kunsthandwerken hat einen unvergleichlichen Facettenreichtum an Kulturstätten hervorgebracht - von der Frühzeit bis ins 20. Jahrhundert, von Tempelbauten, Grabmälern, Stufenbrunnen bis hin zu ganzen Stadtanlagen wie Jaipur werden sie mit Steckbrief und erläuternden Texten in großformatigen Fotografien vorgestellt. World Heritage Sites: Agra Fort, Uttar Pradesh Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh ChampanerPavagadh Archaeological Park, Gujarat Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Maharashtra Churches and Convents of Goa Elephanta Caves, Maharashtra Ellora Caves, Maharashtra Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area, Himachal Pradesh Great Living Chola Temples, Tamil Nadu Group of Monuments at Hampi, Karnataka Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu Group of Monuments at Pattadakal, Karnataka Hill Forts of Rajasthan Historic City of Ahmadabad, Gujarat Humayuns Tomb, Delhi Jaipur City, Rajasthan Kaziranga National Park, Assam Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan Khajuraho Group of Monuments, Madhya Pradesh Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya, Bihar Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam Mountain Railways of Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks, Uttarakhand Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi RanikiVav (the Queens Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat Red Fort Complex, Delhi Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh Sun Temple, Konârak, Odisha Sundarbans National Park, West Bengal Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, Chandigarh The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai Western Ghats in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra