General conclusion

This volume, devoted to a narrative of the rise and development of fortification in South India, to the leading features of defence construction and to the vital organs of strongholds, lays stress upon the necessity of serious fieldwork, because the observation of the architectural vestiges is decisive despite its imperfections and lacunae. It has been shown here that it is possible to identify the defence systems in this part of the subcontinent, considering the masonries, the way the materi..