The third type of construction was with stone and masonry work. The second of rubble with earth on the outside which was more sturdy. Often they were constructed of the sand which was dug out of the ditch surrounding the fort. Three major methods were used for the construction of ancient Indian forts. For example, Suvarnadurg, Mehrangarh, Sudhagad etc. In local languages, the fort names are suffixed by local word for fort thus usage of the Sanskrit word durga, or Urdu word qila or the Hindi word garh or gad in Rajasthan, and Maharashtra is common. Thereafter this became the common usage in India. All fortifications whether European or Indian were termed forts. But when the British Government in India were cataloging them in the 17th–19th century they used the word forts as it was common in Britain then. Most of the forts in India are actually castles or fortresses.
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