Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c15.s2.6

c15.s2.6

The town (Fig. 52) is located on the left bank of the river Dharma a tributory to the Varada and in-between the two tanks Achekeri and Ānekori, the last being very extensive. The ground normally plain, is gradually sloping towards the South bordering the Dharma. There are two large forts (Fig. 53) one within the other irregularly oval shaped in plan, west-north-west and east-south-east oriented. Within the II fort wall, the western part now forms the present site of the town. The eastern part is separated by a main road. In this part there is another small fort that stretches even outside the II fort. It is roughly rectangular and north-south oriented. The northern part of it forms the citadel area. The II fort wall apparently abuts the eastern and western walls of the III enclosure (Fig. 53).