Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c13.s1.19

c13.s1.19

The main entrance (Fig.37) looking north-eastwards has, two bastions at the front and two in the middle, narrowing the space of entry. After the middle set of bastions, is the door-way. On the inner side of the door-way, in the side walls, are guard-rooms. The gate-way leads to an open yard. Here are a Dargah^h of Pir Jafar Hussen and a Masjid (Fig.35, Schedule 3 and 4). They were built during the reign of Nizām Shah of Hyderabād, in the late 18th century (Fig.35).