Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c18.s2.t1.1

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The fort in Banavāsi is oval shaped in plan measuring 850 m. north-south and 600 m. east-west, with the temple in the central area and the medieval alignments of the roads whtiin the fort may well be taken as the continuation of the earliest. Perhaps there may be some in the later times added to the earliest. The two principal streets running north-south seem to be the original. Similarly the one that runs east-west immediately to the south of the temple Madhukēśvara is in all probability of the same category. What is noteworthy here is that there are parallel straight roads running north-south and east-west, intersecting almost at right angles. On the outside is a moat of the width of 14 m - 20 m.