Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c16.s3.10

c16.s3.10

Next, Nuniz (1535-37 A.D.) is probably the last in the series of foreign visitors giving accounts of the city of Vijayanagara and her glory. He records (Sewell,R.,1962, P.277) that "the city was enclosed by many walls". What is more interesting to note in his account is a reference to the renovation of the fort. He says, "This king made in the city of Bisnaga many walls and enclosed it a new". He further states that "a dam was constructed across the river Tungabhadra to get water for the gardens etc. of the city".