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Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.3.15

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.3.15

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Sanskrit

2.3.15

bahirjānubhañjanīśūlaprakarakūpakūṭāvapāta.kaṇṭakapratisarāhipṛṣṭhatālapattraśṛṅgāṭaka.śvadaṃṣṭrārgalopaskandanapādukāmbarīṣodapānakaiḥ praticchannaṃ channapathaṃ kārayet //

Outside the rampart, passages for movements shall be closed by forming obstructions such as a knee-breaker (jánubhanjaní), a trident, mounds of earth, pits, wreaths of thorns, instruments made like the tail of a snake, palm leaf, triangle, and of dog's teeth, rods, ditches filled with thorns and covered with sand, frying pans and water-pools.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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