Kamalika Bose and George Michell

KAMALIKA BOSE is an urban conservationist, curator and educator based in Mumbai, and founder of Heritage Synergies India. She obtained a Master in Historic Preservation Planning from Cornell University. She has authored Seeking the Lost Layers: Traditional Dwellings of the Urban Elite in North Calcutta (Ahmedabad 2008) and co-authored A History of Interior Design in India, Vol 1: Ahmedabad (Ahmedabad 2007).GEORGE MICHELL is an architectural historian specialising in Indian sites and monuments. With John M. Fritz he directed an extensive project at Hampi Vijayanagara, and together they published the guidebook on this site in this series. Most recently he has co-authored Buddhist Rock-Cut Monasteries of the Western Ghats (Mumbai 2017) and contributed chapters to Lepakshi: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting (New Delhi 2019).SURENDRA KUMAR is a photographer based in Hampi, Karnataka, specialising in topographic views and architectural documentation. His images have been published in Discovering the Deccan: A Panoramic Journey Through Historical Landscapes & Monuments (Mumbai 2011), Temple Architecture and Art of the Early Chalukyas (New Delhi 2014), several guidebooks in this series, and most recently in Lepakshi: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting (New Delhi 2019).