[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.s3.13 # Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c17.s3.13 Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c17.s3.13 - **Language:** English ### [c17.s3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c17.s3.13) In addition to the main gateways, there are three colossal watch towers (Burj), almost at regular intervals, one to the north-east locally called as Ali Burj (Illn.H3), another to the south known as Lānda-qasāb Bastion (Illn.H2) and the Mālik-e-Maidān to the west. Within the fort also there is another isolated Burj in the north-western quadrant locally known as Upli Burj or Hyderi Burj, as per the inscription tablet insett in it. - [Previous: c17.s3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c17.s3.12) - [Next: c17.s3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c17.s3.14) - [Up: c17.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c17.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c17.s3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c17.s3.13) · Pramāṇa