Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c12.s6.3

c12.s6.3

The fort is roughly crescentic in plan with an exception of one sharp angle looking the southwest. It is exactly opposite to the deep valley forming the vast Agastya T̂irtha. The fort wall which is in single line, abuts the central part of the north-hill at one end and the southern side of the south-hill at the other. Immediately on the exterior side was a wide moat. The fort wall had a gateway in the middle but rather nearer the northern end and almost in alignment with the narrow passage of the second fort, which in turn is diagonally opposite of entrance No.1 of the Hill citadel. Obviously, therefore, the architect had taken into consideration, while building the fort, the plans of the earlier buildings in the fort, the plans of the earlier forts and the topography of the land.