Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c16.s2.t1: Gateway of Hospet
Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c16.s2.t1
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Gateway of Hospet
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Hospet (Gaz., Bellary, 1972, pp. 690-91) was built by Krishnadēva Rāya, in 1509 to 1520) A.D. in honour of his wife Nagaladēvi. It was originally known as Nāgalāpur. In his time it was the entrance-gate to the city of Vijayanagara for the travellers coming from Goa and other western countries. According to Paes, a Portuguese traveller, it was a very strong place fortified with walls and towers and it was a part-time residence of the king and he induced the traders to settle there.
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Krishṇadēva Rāya got constructed the enormous embankment south of the town, which connects the two ends of the two parallel ranges of hills, which, further south,enclose the Sondur valley. It was executed by the Portuguese defence engineer Joao-de-la-Ponte.