Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c17.s3.15
Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c17.s3.15
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c17.s3.15
Within the fort, roughly in the centre is the citadel, known as Arquilla (Fig.71), also oval in plan, but oriented slightly north-east, south-west. The major part south-western of the citadel is extant. It measures along the principal axis, 550 m. axes north-east and 500 m. south-west. The walls are of 10-12 m. height and with equal width. Yusuf Adil Shah had got to his credit the contribution of this citadel known as Arquilla besides the Yusuf's old Jami Masjid and Dakhani Idgah; with the result that he laid the foundation of the developmental activity of Bijapur School of Architecture.