[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981) › c17.s2 # Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c17.s2: The Fort: Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c17.s2 - **Language:** English ### The Fort: ### [c17.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c17.s2.1) The whole city of Bijāpur is enclosed by a fort, 10.5 km. in its perimeter, with six main gates. Besides, about six and a half kilometres to the west of Bijapur, there is a township in ruins known as Nauraspur (Fig.69), built by Ibrahim II ‘Ādil Shāh (1580–1626 A.D.) (Percy Brown, 1942, p.73). This town is also within a fort, which is incomplete. It has no entrance on the west, south and north. It measures six kilometres around, with a moat on the north fed by the Rāmlinga tank nearby. ## Linked texts (1) - [Bijâpur](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bijapur) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c17.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c17.s2) · Pramāṇa