Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c18.s3.t2.1

c18.s3.t2.1

"Of these, water and mountain fortifications are best suited to defend populous centres and desert and forest fortifications are habitations in wilderness (Atavisthānam) diacritical or having no refuge in times of danger. The king may have his fortified capital (Sthanîya) as the seat of his treasury (Samudāya Sthānam) in the centre of his kingdom: In a locality naturally best fitted for the purpose such as the bank of the confluence of rivers, a deep pool or perennial water or of a lake or a tank, a fort, circular (Fig. 78) rectangular or