Kalanjar Fort : History, Art & Architecture

About the Book
In the present book, an effort has been made to capture all the structures inside the Kalanjar fort along with history and art. The material for the book has been collected directly through the field survey and from many sources i.e. standard books, district Gazetteer of Banda, and many other reference books.
The introduction gives a general meaning of fort and their classification through time and space. The second and third chapters deal with the natural settings of Kalanjar fort and the history of the region respectively. The key content of the book has been given in chapter four which includes the statistical data of the architectural edifices, general distribution of the structures, their description in a systematic manner as well as salient features. Besides, some of the structures have been brought to light by way of dating them. In this chapter, a brick structure has also been highlighted which needs to be investigated scientifically from the excavation point of view. Thus, the earliest date from the Kalanjar Fort may be obtained. The fifth chapter deals with sculptural art in brief. Presenting a summary the last chapter concludes the book.

About the Author
M.C. Joshi born in 1972 at Dehradun (UA) is presently serving as Assistant Archaeologist in the Archaeological Survey of India, e Survey Project (NR), Bhopal. After completing his Masters (1993) 8E 1994) degrees from M.B. P.G. College Haldwani, Kumoun University Nainital (UA) he obtained from the Institute of, Archaeological Survey of Slew Delhi in the year 1996. In 1999 he joined Archaeological of India, Kolkata Circle, and there for five years till he to Lucknow Circle of the ASI ear 2004. Since 2009, he has mg in TSP (NR), Bhopal.