Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c16.s5.t1.12

c16.s5.t1.12

The Bhîma gate (Fig.58, Schedule 18) stands as if isolated, but probably it was part of another enclosure wall running round the palace complex. Only some stumps of the wall here and there are extant. For example, near the octagonal structure, probably meant for bath, is one such a stump. Nearby there is another temple. But it should be noted that the exterior sides of the gate have finished surface, suggesting that it was an independent entrance without walls on the sides, similar to the gate of north of Penugonda gate. If this observation is correct, again for the first time we find erection of gates at specific points through which the main street passed. On either sides of the street there must have been well planned mansions. This is again another important feature to be noticed in the fort architecture.