Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c19.s1.1

c19.s1.1

From a study of the sculptural panels of the first few centuries of the Christian era, we find that the traditional types of weapons such as long swords with thin or wide blades and distinct hilt, mace and axes, spears, bow and arrow etc. (Fig. 94) were the most common. An army in a commanding position can face the enemy with such weapons. The forts at Banavāsi and Hāngal (enclosure No.I) are essentially devised for the traditional warfare.