Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c18.s3.t1: Kinds of Forts

c18.s3.t1.1

"In all the four quarters of the boundaries of the empire (Shama Sastry,R. 1956 (Ro.Ed), pp. 52-81) defensive fortification against an enemy in war shall be constructed on grounds naturally best fitted for the purpose, a water fortification (Audhaka) such as an island in the midst of a river, or a plain surrounded by low ground, a mountainous fortification (Parvata) such as a rocky tract or a cave, a desert (Dhānavana), such as a wild tract devoid of water and overgrown with thicket growing in barren soil, or a forest fortification (Vana durga), full of wag-tail (Khājana), water and thickets".