Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c15.s1.t1.1

c15.s1.t1.1

During the period of Nizam's rule, this fort was brought under their control in the course of the wars between the Nizāms and Marathās headed by Bālāji Bājirāo, in 1740-1761 A.D. (Telang,K.T., 1961, pp. 54-56 and 59). Then thereafter, an enclosure wall was raised along the outer edge of the moat (Enclosure I of Figs. 44 and 45). It is oval in plan and rather irregularly polygonal in design, making 13 angles. It measures on its axis 300 metres North-south and 270 metres east-west. The moat, therefore, is enclosed by the wall and is not visible from outside.