Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c9.s2.t1.1

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North Karṇāṭaka lies between Lat. 14°-20' to 17°-30' N. and Long : 74°-30' to 77°-30E. It comprises eight Districts namely Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijāpur, Dharwad, Gulbarga, North-Kanara, and Raichur, and is about 79150 sq. km. in area. Before the reorganisation of linguistic states in 1956, the area comprising the Districts of Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad and North Kanara was called Bombay-Karṇāṭaka and that covering Bidar, Bellary, Gulbarga and Raichur Districts, Hyderabad-Karṇāṭaka. It is surrounded by the State of Goa on the West, Mahārāṣṭra on the North-West and North, Āndhra Pradēsh on the East and the remaining part of Karṇāṭaka on the South, by Kerala.