Studies on fortification in India / / Jean Deloche.

• VerfasserIn: Deloche, Jean,
• Place / Publishing House: Pondicherry : : Institut Français de Pondichéry,, 2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (267 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

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.