Before Vijayanagara : Prehistoric Landscapes and Politics in the Tungabhadra Basin /
Vijayanagara: Warfare and the Archaeology of Defence investigates those features of the Vijayanagara site that allowed this greatest of southern Indian capitals to function as a fortifed citadel, resisting invaders for almost two hundred years, before finally succumbing after the catastrophic battle...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Before Vijayanagara : |b Prehistoric Landscapes and Politics in the Tungabhadra Basin / |c Andrew M. Bauer. |
| 246 | 3 | |a Prehistoric Landscapes and Politics in the Tungabhadra Basin | |
| 264 | 1 | |a Leiden ; |a Boston : |b Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, |c 2015. | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |t Preliminary Material / |r Andrew M. Bauer -- Introduction / |r Andrew M. Bauer -- Ancient Land Use and Environmental Change in the Tungabhadra Basin / |r Andrew M. Bauer -- The Life of Death: Making Megalithic Places / |r Andrew M. Bauer -- Iron Age Settlements, Land Use, Production, and Social Space / |r Andrew M. Bauer -- Conclusion: Social Inequalities and Landscapes Before Vijayanagara / |r Andrew M. Bauer -- Megalithic Forms and Architectural Recording / |r Andrew M. Bauer -- Kadebakele Reservoir Sediments and Pollen Analyses / |r Andrew M. Bauer -- List of Recorded Archaeological Sites / |r Andrew M. Bauer -- Bibliography / |r Andrew M. Bauer. | |
| 520 | |a Vijayanagara: Warfare and the Archaeology of Defence investigates those features of the Vijayanagara site that allowed this greatest of southern Indian capitals to function as a fortifed citadel, resisting invaders for almost two hundred years, before finally succumbing after the catastrophic battle of January 1565. The volume systematically documents the surviving earthen and granite ramparts of the city that are spread over a vast urban area, incorporating the Royal Centre and Urban Core of the capital, and also the twin city of Anegondi. The author's investigation covers walls, bastions and parapets, barbicans and gateways, moats and ditches, all of which achieved an effective system of surveillance and communication. Brubaker subjects these diverse archaeological data to statistical analysis by measuring constructional and formal variations of these features in the different parts of the site using qualitative and quantitative scales. The explanations that he offers for these variations contribute to a new understanding of the functioning of the Vijayanagara site as a military citadel, as well as to the overall development of fortifcations in southern India during the 14th to 16th centuries. In particular, the author considers the new strategies of gunpowder and artillery introduced into India at this time, and their seemingly negligible impact on Vijayanagara's fortifcations. Brubaker's study, illustrated with photographs, topographic maps, detailed archaeological surveys and statistical tables, makes it the definitive investigation of the subject. | ||
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