Download or read book Sea and Hill Forts of Western India written by M. S. Naravane and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aerial Photographs Shown In This Book Add A New Dimension To Our Viewing Pleasure- The Third Dimension. Most Of Us Have To Be Content With Two Dimensional Pictures Taken At The Ground Level. Twenty Six Main Forts Of Western India Have Been Selected, Taking Into Consideration Their Strength, Location And Their Place In History And Culture. They Have Been Arranged According To Their Location-Island Forts, Coastal Forts And Inland Forts, In Each Case Starting From The North And Proceeding South. The Photographs Show The Ruins Of The One Great And Formidable Forts. This Is Due To The Ravages Of Time As Well As The Policy Of The East India Company Which Supplanted The Marathas In 1818 As The Paramount Power In India. The New Masters Of India`S Destiny Destroyed Almost Every Single Fort In Western India As They Did Not Want To Leave Any Focal Point Where Freedom Would Flourish Again. Yet These Ruins Can Transport One To Those Days Gone By And Their Pristine Glory. One Only Needs A Feel For History And Some Imagination. The Forts Are An Integral And Important Part Of Medieval History And Their Ruins Are Our Priceless Heritage, To Be Preserved And Cherisged. However, There Are So Many Forts, Big And Small, That Physical Preservation Of All Of Them Will Be Well Nigh Impossible. But They Can Certainly Be Preserved In Print In A Kind Of A Gazetteer, Which Will Have All Available Information About Their History, Location, Layout, And Other Details. Photographs Form An Important Part Of This Process And This Volume Is A Small Step In That Direction. An Introduction Takes The Readers On A Short Journey To The Forts And The Climate Of History In Which They Functioned. Each Photograph Has A Brief Text Placed Opposite, Giving Some Details About The Fort. At The Same Time It Should Be Noted That A Photograph, However Good, Cannot Be A Substitute For A Visit To The Fort. And If A Traveller Chooses His Time And Route With Care, The Ruins Will Unfold, Vividly And Tantalisingly The Ambience Of The Fort And Those By-Gone Days.
Download or read book Battles of the Honourable East India Company written by M. S. Naravane and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with all major battles of the East India Company, starting with the naval battle off the coast of swally (Suhali) in 1612 to the Second Sikh war and Annexation of the Punjab in 1849. The Afghan and Burma Wars and the Mutiny of 1857 are excluded. Chapter II deals with the Geographical Portrait and Climate of History of India in which the company operated. Chapter III traces the Evolution of the political and Military Ethos of the Company . Chapters IV to X describe the various battles - against the Portugues and the Dutch, against the Mughals, the French, the Marathas, Haidar and Tipu, the Gorkhas and the Sikhs. Chapter XI discusses the reasons why the Company triumphed.
Download or read book Sea Forts of India written by Amit Chilka and published by Osmora Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deep dive in the history, geography, culture and the trade of ancient India; this book gives you all the information you need about the forts built on the coastline of India.
Download or read book Maritime Heritage of India written by Indian Navy and published by Notion Press. This book was released on with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This photo-essay book is a modest attempt to link our maritime past, along with the entire progress, to the present, and in light of the same, to relate the future of the nation to a distinct maritime orientation with the Indian Navy as the lead national maritime agency. It traces about 7,500 years of India's maritime history and heritage. There are eight chapters, each dwelling on different aspects of maritime heritage namely, trade and commerce, evolution of cultures, influence of architecture, forts and lighthouses, naval battles and the evolution of the Indian navy. With images and artwork, this book will give the reader a vivid insight into our country's rich maritime past.
Download or read book Fortifications and Siegecraft written by Jeremy Black and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-05-25 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As centers for defense and bases for attack since ancient times, fortifications are a crucial aspect of military history. Indeed, as Jeremy Black shows, the history of fortifications is a global history of humanity itself. Moreover, their remains offer a still potent, often dramatic testimony to the past, notably through the strength of the sites, the power of the works, and the vast resources they required. This compelling book explores not only the history of fortifications themselves, but also the real and potential threat to them posed by siegecraft. Tracing the interaction of attack and defense over time, Black situates the evolution of fortifications within the wider development of governments, societies, and cultures. Moreover, his examination of the future of these installations, as well as of potential methods of destroying them, only reaffirms their omnipresence in human history—and their continued importance. Fortifications are not simply relics of the past, but rather elements fundamental to military and social interaction across the world today.
Download or read book Archaeological Survey of Western India written by Archæological Survey of India and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The West India Pilot written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forts written by The National Archives and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since humans began to live together in settlements they have felt the need to organise some kind of defence against potentially hostile neighbours. Many of the earliest city states were built as walled towns, and during the medieval era, stone castles were built both as symbols of the defenders' strength and as protection against potential attack. The advent of cannon prompted fortifications to become lower, denser and more complex, and the forts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries could appear like snowflakes in their complexity and beautiful geometry. Without forts, the history of America could have taken a very different course, pirates could have sailed the seas unchecked, and Britain itself could have been successfully invaded. This book explains the history of human fortifications, and is beautifully illustrated using photographs, plans, drawings and maps to explain why they were built, their various functions and their immense historical legacy in laying the foundations of empire.
Download or read book Itinerary and Directory for Western India written by John Clunes and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Appendix to the Itinerary for Western India Containing Brief Accounts of the Princes and Zumeendars Holding Possessions Within the Territories Through which the Routes in the Itinerary Lead Together with Short Notices of the Principal Persons at the Different Durbars written by John Clunes and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Western India written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributory essays chiefly relating to Maharashtra, India.
Download or read book Student Britannica India 7 Vols written by Britannica and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Maritime and Coastal Forts of India written by M. S. Naravane and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chronicle of the West India Committee written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Saturday Review of Politics Literature Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life in Western India written by Kate Guthrie and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life in Western India written by Katharine Blanche Guthrie and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
