***Admission Open Now***

Medium: English

Next Batch : September 2023

On Saturday Only

Fee: Rs.6000/-

Time: 4.00 PM to 7.00 PM

Venue: Health Centre Bldg., 2nd Floor, Vidyanagari, Mumbai – 400 098.

Syllabus

EARLY FORTIFIED TOWNS IN INDIA AND THEIR TOWN PLANNING

A. Origin and Development of Concept of Fort and Fortified Towns

B. Kautilya’s Arthashastra and Forts and Fortified towns

C. Types of Urban Settlements and their classification

D. Pataliputra and Shishupalgad

FORT ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA, CHANGING WAR TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON THEIR ARCHITECTURE

A. Types of Forts as seen in Indian literary sources: Adnyapatra

B. Pre Mughal Forts and fortified cities in India: Delhi, Devagiri and Vijayanagara (Hampi)

C. Mughal and their contemporary Forts and fortified cities in India: Fatehpur Sikri and Jaisalmer

PRE MARATHA DECCAN FORTS AND MARATHA FORTS

A. Pre Maratha Forts and fortified cities in Deccan: Ahmadnagar, Bijapur and Golkonda

B. Maratha Forts: Raigad and Rajgad

C. Sea Forts in Western India: Janjira (Murud) and Sindhudurga (Malvan)

FORTS IN MEDIEVAL PERIOD

A. Forts in Rajputana

B. Forts in Sultanate Period

C. Forts in Mughal Period

FORTS BUILT BY WESTERN COLONISTS

A. Forts built by Portugese

B. Forts built by British

C. Forts built by French, Dutch