Town Planning in Ancient India c8.34

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sea. This is the river-fort (nadīdurga) of Śukrāchāryya.¹ It is an insular town or fort of which modern Bombay, ancient Ceylon, Srirangam and Kaveri-pumpattinam may serve as the best examples. The other type is the land-fort (sthala-durga). It is a fort situated on a high land girt round by stagnant (as opposed to flowing) fathomless waters, or a fort in the midst of a lake or vast tank.¹ When these ambient waters are artificial, as of the ditches excavated by men, it answers to the