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Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.1.4

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.1.4

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Sanskrit

2.1.4

aṣṭaśatagrāmyā madhye sthānīyam, catuhśatagrāmyā droṇamukham, dviśatagrāmyāḥ kārvaṭikam, daśagrāmīsaṃgraheṇa saṃgrahaṃ sthāpayet //

There shall be set up a stháníya (a fortress of that name) in the centre of eight-hundred villages, a drónamukha in the centre of four-hundred villages, a khárvátika in the centre of two-hundred villages and sangrahana in the midst of a collection of ten villages.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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