Authored by one of the leading scholars of German Indology Fortified Cities in Ancient India offers a comparative exploration of the development of towns and cities in ancient India. Based on indepth textual and archeological research Professor Dieter Schlingloffs work presents for the first time the striking outcomes of intertwining data garnered from a wide range of sources. This volume scrutinizes much of the established knowledge on urban fortifications in South Asia advancing new conceptio