Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c13.6

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c13.6

Malkhed was raised into political prominence by the Rāṣtrakūṭas, probably in the early part of the 9th century A.D. (Altekar,A.S., 1967, PP. 46-48). The existing outerfort was then constructed and then again some time after the destruction of the fort (Ibid., 1967, P.124), when it was made again, the Head Quarters of a division by the Muslim conquerers (Yazdani, G., 1960, PP. 290, 310, 320-27) another fort was built within the existing one. Let us recount the political history at relevant places below.

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