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# Town Planning in Ancient India c8.14

Town Planning in Ancient India c8.14

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### [c8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.14)

There are two ways of classifying fortifications. One is that put forward by Bhoja in his Yukti-kalpataru. He divides the forts under two main heads: (1) natural (akṛtrima, literally not artificial) and (2) artificial (kṛtrima). The natural fort is one which is rendered inaccessible to hostile encroaches by its very situation secured by the

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