History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c30.s3.47
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c30.s3.47
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The castle of Mandor or Junagarh in Rajasthan (CUNN, XXIII, pp. 73-85 and ANRSI, 1909-1910, p. 100) stands on a rock or hill. It is surrounded by a moat and the eastern and southern sides of the rock are almost vertical, like a scarp. The walls are built of massive squarish blocks of stone put together with lime-mortar or any other cementing material. Perhaps the use of such massive squarish blocks led to another feature found in most pre-Islamic forts, squarish or rectangular bastions and turrets. The height when Cunningham surveyed it was 7.62m. A few circular bastions were added during the subsequent period.