Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c8.s1.t1.18

c8.s1.t1.18

"Zimmer, who compares the fact that neither the Germans nor the slaves lived in the towns but like the Ancient Indians, were scattered in villages, each consisting of the houses and steadings of the several families living in the villages. The evidence seems pretty convincing. It is true that the Greeks, when we find them, evidently knew castles and fortresses of medieval type, but the Greeks were clearly an invading race, superimposed on an older and in civilization more advanced people. But, the 'pur' as Zimmer allows, may have some times been built within the limits of the village. Whether, as he urges, 'saradipur' was a protection against the forts of autumn is uncertain. In particular it is not legitimate to connect the mention of these forts with the fact that the purus lived on either side of the Sindhu (India) and to assure that Purukutsa's attack on the aborigines was directed against the