 
        This book has been designed to meet the needs of the Civil Engineering 
Curricula for the courses in the subject of Geotechnical Engineering of 
Indian Universities. The topics have been dealt with in a logical 
sequence and the concepts explained in a lucid manner. Adequate number 
of well-graded illustrative examples and problems for practice have been
 included; the answers for the latter are given at the end of the book. 
Summary of main points and references are given at the end of each 
chapter. References have been made to the relevant Indian Standard Codes
 at appropriate places. A large number of objective questions are given 
along with the answers at the end
