Domingo Paes and Abdur Razzaq were highly impressed with the fordification of Vijaynagar empire as is evident from their descriptions of the fortifications.
According to Abdur, the important feature of the Vijaynagar fortification was its incorporation of the agriculrural tracts prepared to face the sieges and its consequences.
A second line of fortification went around the inner corc of the urban complex and a third line surrounded the royal centre, within which each set of major building was surrounded by its own high walls. The fort was entered through well-guarded gates leacing to the major roads. Gateways defined architectural features.
The arch on thc gateway leading into the fortified sett ement as well as the dome over the gate is regarded introduced by the Turkish Sultans. typical features of the architecture.
Pacs observed that from the outer wall of fort till the palace there were lots of fields of rice and there wagood irrigation system where water came from two lakes.
