[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981) › c8.7 # Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c8.7 Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c8.7 - **Language:** English ### [c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c8.7) In the excavations at Amri (Khan,F.A. 1965, p.29), Koṭ-Dījī (1965, p.45) at the pre-harappan level, the habitations found to have been enclosed by thick high walls, similarly in the proto-historic Harappan sites, it is too well known, such as Harappā (Mate,M.S. 1970, pp.75-84), Mohenjō-Dārō, Kālībangan, the habitational sites (Lal,B.B. and Thapar,B.K., 1967, p.20) are divided into two areas: citadel and lower city, each is within a fortification wall built with mud bricks and being about 3 to 7 metres wide in thickness and on the exterior at regular intervals are rectangular salients. - [Previous: c8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c8.6) - [Next: c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c8.8) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c8) ## Linked texts (5) - [Harappā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.harappa) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) - [Kālībangan](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kalibangan) - [Kot Diji](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kot-diji) - [Amri](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.amri) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c8.7) · Pramāṇa