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[Classification of forts (3) Cavern-forts (gahvara-durga)]

Now comes the type of forts which are constructed .6.52-53).

511 in a cavern. It is defined as one, which is situated in a forest-hole (vale), which is very large and uneven, which immitates a mountain cave and is surrounded on all sides by small mass of rocks. It is so constructed that it is capable of duping the bystander, nearby, about its existence and expanse. And in such forts are stored sufficient quantities of grass, fire-wood and water. Such a fort, claims the author, remains insurmountable even for the deathless ones (33.5-7). The cavern-forts figures as independent class of an A forts in Samrajya-lakshmi-pithika only. Other works maintain a strange silence over according a special status to forts of this class. However, a study of the spelt-out characteristics in respect of this class of forts reveals that these might strongly allude to the airina forts mentioned by Sukraniti The cavern-forts are generally constructed in a terrain which is vast, rough and is studded with innumerable holes, resembling mountain caves. Such a ground is again covered with small mass of stones - a rockOne of strewn and hollow landscape. the characteristic features 1 of such a fort, constructed amidst an arid landscape is that, it is completely hidden from view so as not to allow any knowledgea about its existence to an

out-sider (enemy). Thus, such a fort must be existing much below the ground level and may presumably be branded as an underground edifice. This is discussed in some more details in connection with the airina forts of Sukraniti