Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c11.s2.t1.9

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Further, the examination of the section of Diddi-gate (Fig.11) in the western wing of the fort wall, clearly reveals no brick construction in the central core. Instead, there is a wall of well cut laterite blocks 10 m wide and height 4 m and this wall has clear ramp on the interior sides leading to the top part of the wall which is exclusively of clay. We find therefore that the section here is different from the section described immediately above. This may suggest at least a part of the west wing of the fort wall is of still later period, when no bricks at all were used for the construction. Thus, the present fort oval in shape consists of the parts belonging to three different periods namely :