Artillery in India: Malik-E-Maidan, Kadak Bijli, Daulatabad, and Thanjavur
Malik-E-Maidan (Pintrest Photo) The Malik-E-Maidan also Malik-i-Maidan (lit. ’Lord of the Battlefield’), is a 16th century cannon, located at Burj-E-Sherz (Lion Tower), Bijapur Fort, Bijapur, India. 4.45 metres (14.6 ft) in length and cast in bell metal, it is the largest surviving block of artillery from the Medieval period. A bronze basilisk/shaika siege cannon cast by … Read more