The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c26.36

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Stones. Where the fort was on an eminence and stones were available, these latter were stored, and rolled down the hill upon any besieger. (Blacker, "War", 318). In 1044 H., 1634-5, when Dhāmonī in Bundelkhand was besieged, the defenders rolled stones down on their assailants. Bādshāhnāmah, i, part 2, p. 108. This was also done at a fort in the Dakhin in 1674, when it was attacked by Shivā-jī (R. Orme, "Hist. Frag.", 47). And it is only a year or two ago that we found the same mode of defence still resorted to at Hanza in the Himalayas.