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a fort too can remain safe from an invader'. 6 Yaj帽avalkya states that
treasure should be stored in a fort protected by an able officer.? The
Brhaspatismrti also states that the king should take his residence in a fort.
Description of Ayodhya鲁 and Lanka鲁 forts assumed significant importance
during the epic period since the wealth of the kingdom was stored in them
and also because they were the centres of administration of the kingdom.
Durga is highly eulogised by the says, as a source of strength to
the state for the enemy could not suddenly lay hold to a weak king by
force.It is compared to a thousand elephants and a lakh of five horses in
strength. 11 The place should have Br膩hma峁噑 skilled in various rituals and
also many artisans in such a place of happiness where there is absolutely
nothing to agitate him. In Kautilya's Artha艣膩stra city was well fortified and
was not only the centre of trade and commerce but it also had temples, a
sacrificial place, teachers and priests, therefore, a centre of culture too.
Kautilya states that, 'there shall be set up a sth膩niya (a fortress of that
name may also be termed as nagaradurga) in the centre of eight hundred
villages, a dro峁嘺mukha in the centre of four hundred villages, a kh膩rva峁璱ka
in the centre of two hundred villages, and a sangrahana in the midst of a
collection of ten villages'.13
CLASSIFICATION OF FORT
The Aushanasa Dhanurveda is one of the seven known branches of
Dhanurveda. 14 This Dhanurveda expounds the classification of various