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Each palace admits of three sizes, namely, the largest, the intermediate, and the smallest, both as regards the measurement of dimensions (lines, 4, 10, 15, 36) and the number of walls, storeys, rooms, ditches, gardens, etc., (38-69). Thus three kinds of breadth are given to each palace. The length and height are determined in comparison with the breadth. The former (length) may vary from being equal to the breadth to being 2¼ times of it. Height is determined mostly by the number of storeys, rules for which have been discussed in another place (see under Tala and Bhūmi-lamba). The number of storeys, a palace should possess, has also been discussed in the same place. The enclosure, surrounding moat, etc., of each palace are briefly described in the present chapter. But the main object of the chapter is to give an account of inner and outer buildings belonging to royal palaces (71-111, 112-153).