Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c18.5
Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c18.5
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c18.5
After the end of the Harappan Civilization the remains of fortification walls are traced in Rājgir etc. "Immensely strong and cyclopean proportions of these walls of Rājgriha consists of a rough pile of massive undressed stones, each between 3ft. and 5ft. composed of smaller blocks carefully fitted and bounded together the core between is composed of smaller blocks less carefully prepared with fragments packed within the interstices; no mortar appears to have been used," (Brown Percy, 1976 Ed. 7, Part I, p. 4).