Architecture militaire du Deccan focuses on the Deccan region in central India between the medieval and modern period, a period at the interface between local Indian culture and the Persian world, followed by relations with the colonial enterprise European in Asia. This period was marked by many conflicts, but also by an inventive adaptation of new military technologies in response to new forms of modern warfare in India, with the arrival of artillery.
Using the most recent investigative techniques, such as photogrammetry and 3D modeling, this volume presents a wealth of new data. The author's meticulous approach encompasses the study of urban maps, architectural plans and detailed descriptions of walls, bastions, moats, towers, gates, horsemen, granaries, hydraulic elements, and more.
Through the study of four representative fortified sites, the author synthesizes the evolution of the military architecture of the Deccan.
One can only hope that this volume will inspire other scholars to work on other Indian fortified sites, not limited to the Deccan. Thus, a more complete understanding of the phases of evolution of Indian military architecture can emerge.
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Höhe: 202 mm
Breite: 274 mm
Dicke: 26 mm
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978-1-78969-744-5 (9781789697445)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Nicolas Morelle is an archaeologist, specialising in India (associated researcher of LA3M CNRS in France). After studies on crusaders fortifications and influences between East and West in terms of building techniques and military Architecture, he studied technical interactions in Indian fortifications as part of his PhD thesis on the evolution of Military Architecture in the four Deccan forts. In this context, he collaborated with many Indian and international institutions.
INTRODUCTION ;
INTRODUCTION (English) ;
Historiographie ;
PARTIE I : Les sultanats du Deccan (14-18emes siecles) ;
I.1. La conquete du Deccan (premiere moitie du 14eme siecle) ;
I.2. Les sultanats du Deccan (seconde moitie du 14eme siecle -debut du 17eme siecle) ;
I.3. Les empires dans le Deccan (17-18emes siecles) ;
PARTIE II : Quatre forts du Deccan ;
II.1. Le camp fortifie de Firozabad, debut du 15eme siecle (Karnataka) ;
II.2. Les fortifications de Torgal du 11eme au 17eme siecle (Karnataka) ;
II.3. Naldurg, un fort de frontiere, 16-17eme siecle (Maharashtra) ;
II.4. Le fort de Bellary, un exemple de l'ultime adaptation indienne a l'artillerie (Karnataka) ;
PARTIE III : L'evolution de la fortification du Deccan (12-18emes siecles) ;
III.1. Introduction ;
III.2. Typological Evolution of Fortifications ;
III.3. Artillerie ;
CONCLUSION ;
CONCLUSION (English) ;
ANNEXE ;
Principales dynasties du Deccan medieval et moderne ;
Glossaire ;
BIBLIOGRAPHIE ;
TABLE DES ILLUSTRATIONS ;
INDEX ;
Les dates mentionnees dans cet ouvrage sont indiquees uniquement selon le calendrier gregorien, sauf mention contraire. ;
En couverture : tour polylobee de Naldurg ;
En quatrieme de couverture : tour Bahmani de Torgal
