CONTENTS: FORT ST GEORGE: Where 'modern India' began, GINGEE FORT: The Impregnable Troy of the East, SADRAS FORT: Going the Dutch route, THIRUMAYAM FORT: A fortress from the chieftains, ALAMPARAI FORT: Ruins along the Coromandel, VANDAVASI FORT: Clash of the colonisers, VELLORE FORT: Majestic walls by the water, SANKAGIRI FORT: One way climb to a spectacle, THARANGAMBADI FORT: This Danish fort stands strong, RANJANKUDI: The battle call of Valikondah, KRISHNAGRI FORT: A stronghold of the North, DINDIGUL FORT: From the hills of the South, FORT ST. DAVID: By the 'gundu gramangal', TIRUCHI ROCK FORT: Worshipping a storied past, RAYAKOTTAI: Through the garrisons, NAMAKKAL FORT: Namakkal from a vantage point.