A room in the wall: Ahilya Fort, Maheshwar
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The 18th-century Ahilya Fort is situated by the banks of the river Narmada in the central Indian town of Maheshwar. Its tapered masonry walls stabilise the building and retain the hillock behind it, transferring the verticality of the terrain to the artificial structure. Within this thick masonry…

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