Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c18.s2.t1.2

c18.s2.t1.2

In a sense, therefore, the fort of Banavāsi seems to have been after the pattern of Jaladurga (Fig.87) and Sthala durga (Fig.78) enunciated by Kautilya. Of course, the plan is determined more by the local configuration of the land and cannot be closely similar to the ideal description of Kautilya. We find in Banavāsi thet the fort wall follows the contour of the land. The area in between the contour lines 650 and 625 is almost fully occupied by the fort, and the height of this area is immediately prominent in relation to the surrounding region in the height from 625 m to 610 m.