[INDOLOGY] descriptions of fortified towns in the epics

[Martin Straube]

Dear Dean,

not really hard. If you try, e.g., www.bookfinder.com, you will find a  
lot of dealers who offer the book.

Best
Martin

Zitat von Dean Michael Anderson <eastwestcultural at yahoo.com>:

> The review, at least, is available on JSTOR.
>  https://www.jstor.org/stable/26546272
> The book is harder to get in these times; impossible for some of us.
> Dean
>
>
>
>     On Friday, March 18, 2022, 02:32:31 PM GMT+5:30, Jonathan Silk  
> via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>  on this one must certainly also see the review by O v Hinüber:  
> Indo-Iranian journal, 2017, Vol.60 (2), p.187-199.
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 9:57 AM Martin Straube via INDOLOGY  
> <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> Dear Herman,
>
> D. Schlingloff, Fortified Cities of Ancient India, London 2014 
> (English translation of "Die altindische Stadt", Mainz 1969) is 
> certainly worth trying.
>
> With best wishes
> Martin
>
> Zitat von "Tieken, H.J.H. (Herman) via INDOLOGY" 
> <indology at list.indology.info>:
>
>> Dear List members,
>> In an article I am writing I want to refer to descriptions of 
>> fortified towns in the epics. The only publication specifically 
>> dealing with such descriptions that I know of and have at home is 
>> J.K. de Cock, Eene oudindsiche stad volgens het epos (Groningen 
>> 1899). .I do not think that a reference to this book is useful in an 
>> English publication. Are there other books or articles about 
>> descriptions (not archaeological finds) of fortified towns in the 
>> epics (Shonaleeka Kaul deals mainly with Kāvya)?
>> With kind regards, Herman
>
>
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