02210nam 2200337 450 991072599410332120230701225613.0(CKB)5470000002601699(NjHacI)995470000002601699(EXLCZ)99547000000260169920230701d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierStudies on fortification in India /Jean DelochePondicherry :Institut Français de Pondichéry,2007.1 online resource (267 pages)Fortifications in ancient India -- The Hindu system of fortification in South India (3rd-14th century A.D.) -- The Muslim system of fortification in the Deccan kingdoms (15th-18th century) -- Survival of the Hindu system of fortification in South India (15th-18th century) -- Mysore Hill forts (15th-18th century) -- Gunpowder artillery in South India (15th-18th century) -- General conclusion.This book, based mainly on intense fieldwork and personal investigations carried out by the author over the past twenty years, brings together essays on some prominent defensive works which have been constructed over many centuries across the Indian subcontinent, particularly South India. For each period a selection has been made of outstanding examples of fortification in order to analyse the building techniques, considering the evolution of military technology, particularly the development of artillery, to establish the typology of the structures and to bring into focus a reliable method for identifying and dating defensive works in India. This study, with draws attention to the considerable skills and ingenuities of Indian fort builders, has something to engage the interest of all those concerned with Indian military monuments, be they engineers, archaeologists or historians.FortificationFortification.355.44Deloche Jean641090NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910725994103321Studies on fortification in India3032734UNINA