Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c20.7

c20.7

(2) Now, Banavāsi, Bādāmi and Maḷkhēḍ in particular were already well known places in the Deccan from the period of the beginning of the christian era. Further, the first two are known to have been of commercial importance according to Ptolemy. They, therefore, were economically flourishing as already described above. It is therefore but natural that such places were selected as capitals by respective dynasties. Further, in the respective kingdoms political authorities could be exercised all over their kingdoms because of their more or less central locations.