PLACE RECORD / bastions
Bastions
DOCUMENTEDBastions appear in historical accounts of the fort’s defences. Matching particular surviving structures to named siege episodes requires more evidence.
Questions for the record
Confirm identity, construction phases, provenance and coordinates from documentary evidence and a site survey.
Sources & Further Reading (2)
- Further Sources of Vijayanagara History
K. A. Nilakanta Sastri and N. Venkataramanayya · University of Madras; digital transcription at Wisdom Library · 1946 · Volume I, history of Venkata II, printed pp. 316–317.
ACADEMIC
How this source is used: Uses literary and local historical materials. Online OCR is not fully proofread; exact siege year remains unestablished.
Open external source ↗ - Gurramkonda plans, WD506a–e
John Gantz and Thomas Fraser · British Library · c. 1802 · WD506a fortress; WD506b gates; WD506c Ranamandal battery; WD506d–e palace.
PRIMARY / ARCHIVAL
How this source is used: The catalogue attributes the fortress plan to John Gantz. Improvement plans show proposals, not necessarily completed works.
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In the chronology
Connected archive records (3)
These links follow associations recorded in the archive. They do not establish a builder, genealogy or precise location.
- The siege of Gurramkonda · documented
- The siege of Goorumconda · documented
- Plan of the Fortress, Gurramkonda · documented