Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c18.s1.18

c18.s1.18

Finally, Mānasāra discusses the fort to be built in Rājadhānī (Fig.91) of an emperor. The general layout must be oblong measuring about 7500 Rods x 5000 Rods (i.e. 7½ miles x 5 miles or 12 kilometres x 8 kilometres). These measurements indicate the Rājadhāni fort to be a very vast extensive township. There are four concentric oblong fortification walls, the innermost encloses the principal temple of the Rājadhāni. On the exterior side of the walls are imposing niches meant for alternately Śiva and Vishnu images for worship. From the temple run the main streets along the principal axis. It is surrounded by royal palace, public halls, quarters for ministers and state officers and residential buildings of Brāhmanas, within the second enclosure.