Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c16.s4.9

c16.s4.9

Again, some of the most important royal buildings such as Janāna mansion (i.e. royal harem) Public bath, Mahānavami Dibba, Dandanayaka Mansion, Private royal buildings like 'Ranga-Mahal' as known from the recent excavations¹ (1977-78 and 1978-79 and 1979-80) at the Mint area, are enclosed by high but rapidly tapering walls (Section 1, Fig. 67). The wall generally is about 2 metres wide at the top, it has rounded coping about 60 cms wide. The height, in general,of the wall is 10 metres. The hearting is mostly of mud and the stone blocks of the wall are comparatively small in size, well and firmly placed one upon the other.