Studies on fortification in India / / Jean Deloche.
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 p...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Pondicherry : : Institut Français de Pondichéry,, 2007. |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (267 pages) |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Jean Deloche. |