Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c16.s1.9

c16.s1.9

On the northern sector, the unfordable Tungabhadra (Fig.58) has been again the natural gift of water defence, which runs so swiftly and piercing like the sharp sword of a warrior. The river is unfordable because, it is exceedingly zig-zag and runs over rocky boulders and makes here and there several whirls. It is therefore extremely dangerous to cross the river without properly knowing the physiography of the course even when it is knee-deep, during the dry days of the southern summer.³⁵