Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c11.s2.t1.25

c11.s2.t1.25

The Diddi gate is made narrow deliberately with specific purpose. Already two gates, one in the north and the other in the south, are provided as main entrances. Hence the Diddi-gate is not meant for regular and common entrance. A close observation reveals that certain length of the wall of the both sides of the Diddi-gate have been constructed so as to provide a narrow passage. Hence, this gate was meant to be used in times of danger by people for escaping. On the extreme side of the gate there must have been a moat, which in course of the time,must have been filled up. Now there are no indications that there existed the moat on the exterior side of the Diddi-gate.