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Synopsis
This book presents a pictorial history of the cheetah in India from the pre-historic period to the present. It provides a comprehensive account of the cheetah in captivity and its use by Indian royalty as an aid to hunting. Divyabhanusinh examines anew the process of the Indian cheetah's decline in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, charting its path to extinction and analysing the causes of its disappearance. The epilogue provides a complete update, including detailed findings on the evolution of cheetahs from Africa and Asia. It also gives fresh evidence about the sadly declining numbers of cheetahs in Iran, and their existence in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The author mines a wide range of sources - from prehistoric cave paintings, Sanskrit, classical Greek and Roman literature to Mughal miniature paintings, rare photographs, and interviews. This third edition contains an updated preface on the current scenario for cheetahs in Asia.
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About the Author
Divyabhanusinh is Former Vice President of the Bombay Natural History Society and a member of the Cat Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Natures.
Review
"Testimony to its popularity, the book has gone through three printings." - News India-Times
"The illustrations make it a book of value not only to naturalists but art lovers." -News India-Times
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0195686977
- ISBN 13 9780195686975
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number3
- Number of pages302
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