The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c25.8

c25.8

*Walled Towns.* In the western half of Northern India, walled towns were frequent; all the principal places being provided with a high brick wall. In that part of the country, even the smallest village was capable of some defence, the flat-roofed, clay-built huts being huddled very close together, and the only entry being through a few narrow, tortuous paths between the houses. Some of the largest towns had walls as well as fortresses, as for instance Lāhor and Dihlī. At these places the fortress was built in one corner of the town, a continuation of the town wall forming its outer side. Such strongholds were palace as well as fortress, and covered a considerable extent of ground. Other towns, such as Āgrah and Allāhābād, although they possessed first-class fortresses, had no wall round the town itself. In their case, the fortress stood apart from the rest of the town.