VI. Gunpowder Artillery in South India (15th-18th century)

Introduction We know that the impact of gunpowder artillery on the architecture of the forts in Europe turned out to be of far-reaching significance. Profound changes in the art of static defence took place from the 15th century onwards. High walls and towers vulnerable to shot and mining were built at ground level, behind a deep ditch, in such a way that their masonry, invisible from outside, was well protected from shots by a glacis, in front of the counterscarp, sloping gently towards the ..