Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c15.s1.4

c15.s1.4

At present, the fort consists of three concentric irregular fort-walls, (Fig. 44 & Fig. 45) constructed in different periods. The middle one is the oldest and of the period of the Kalyāṇa Chālukya; the inner most was probably of the Sultanate-Mughal period; and the outermost was probably of the later or post Mughal period. Let us now study the Architecture in accordance with the chronological order of the construction of the fort walls.