Main interest is late medieval and early modern South India, with particular emphasis on the former princely state of Mysore.  Currently researching:

• Chitradurga Nayakas


• Village defenses


• Comparative analysis of works, buildings, and stores of six Mysore hill forts in 1802


• GIS analysis of Mysore cultural landscape, based on digitized manuscript maps and narratives compiled by Colin Mackenzie's Mysore Survey of 1799-1807


• Colonial cemeteries

Location

Champaign, IL

Disciplines

• History
• Archaeology
• Area Studies

Affiliation

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Website

https://barry-lewis.com