M¿ndh¿t¿durga

In Mandhatr¿durga - A Preliminary Catalogue of the Historic Monuments at

O¿karesvar-Mandhata Jürgen Neuß offers for the first time a comprehensive survey of

the extant historic monuments at O¿karesvar-Mandhata, the most important place of

pilgrimage in the Narmada valley. Although the place is known as an archaeological

site since the middle of the 19th century, it has till date been overlooked that the

remains are much more extensive and coherent than the rarely published

archaeological notes, that deal with only a few monuments, suggest. This book

provides a long overdue survey of the whole area which in essence represents a

conglom¬eration of three historic settlements. At the center lies a thoroughly

structured fortification, Mandhatr¿durga, which represents the only preserved

fortified city of the Paramaras of Dhara in the Narmada valley presently known to

us.