Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c17.s3.t1.1

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The Gate (Fig. 70, Schedule 4) is referred to as 'Bahamani Darwāza, as per the Persian Inscription, that is fixed in the inner arch of the door-way. The gate is rather peculiar in its plan. From the other side of the moat (30 m) there is a stump (12 m. x 17.5 m.) intruding into the moat obliquely. From this stump, is a bridge (27.5 x 4.00 m.) obliquely constructed abutting the lowest offset of the bastion to the left of the gateway. From the point of junction parallel to the door-way, was raised a wall abutting the other bastion. This wall (4.00 wide) is half the height of the bastions (10-80 m and 18-20 m high).