Kalanjar Fort: History, Art & Architecture

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The book examines the history and art and architecture of Kalanjar Fort. Based on field surveys and with reference to written sources including the district gazetteer of Banda, it begins with the natural setting of the Kalanjar Fort and history of the region around district Banda, Uttar Pradesh. It discusses the statistical data of the architectural edifices, the distribution of structures in the fort and their salient features, and the sculptural art which includes figures/images on rocks and panels including those of Shiva linga, Nandi, devotees and sadhus, Vishnu, Chamunda, different Bhairava forms, a Naga couple and king’s procession. It throws light on the manner of exploitation of the natural surface of the hill to construct the fort, elements of Islamic architecture relating to medieval times, and structures built in the British period. There are a number of photographs of the fort that support the textual description.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR M.C. Joshi

Dr. M.C. Joshi (b. Tanakpur, 1944) is the brother of the famous Buddhist scholar, the late Professor L.M. Joshi. He was educated at Gorakhpur and after obtaining his Masterâ€™s Degree with a â€˜first class firstâ€™ in ancient History, Culture and Archaeology in 1966 he joined his alma mater as a Lecturer. Later on he shifted to the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, and in 1970 to the Department of History, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, which he is still serving, and from where he earned his Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Professor S.R. Goyal, the present work being substantially his Doctoral thesis. Apart from polity and political history Dr. Joshi is deeply interested in the history of religion and art. He has written about a dozen research papers, some of which have been widely acclaimed by Indologists.