[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) › c9.4 # Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c9.4 Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c9.4 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c9.4) In all these places, there are forts but in ruins, of course. In Bādāmi, the celebrated inscription (Panchamukhi R.S. 1940, P.14) of Pulikēshi I dated (543 A.D.), who was probably the first to make Bādāmi as the capital refers to the construction of fort inaccessible from the top and bottom, by him. - [Previous: c9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c9.3) - [Next: c9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c9.5) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Badami](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.badami) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c9.4) · Pramāṇa