Studies on fortification in India

• Main Author: Jean Deloche (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Institut Français de Pondichéry 2007
• Subjects: Architecture; archeology; defensive work; fortification; military monument
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book brings together essays on some prominent defensive works which have been constructed over many centuries across the Indian subcontinent, particularly South India. The first chapter, on the Harappan period and Early Historic Indian sites, is based mainly on archaeological reports; all the o...