Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c13.s1.20

c13.s1.20

A curtain wall is raised between the bastion on the right side of the II main gate-way and the citadel wall (Fig. 38). Similarly from the northern side of the bastion, on the left side, is a curtain wall upto the citadel wall. Thus, an area of about 50 m x 75 m is enclosed on all sides with the first gate. Enemies, who somehow manage to get through the gate I, would immediately get concentrated within the enclosure, in a small area between the I and II gates (Fig.37 and Fig.38), who could be attacked severely from the battlement level and who would have no way out to escape.