[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981) › c18.s5.2 # Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c18.s5.2 Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c18.s5.2 - **Language:** English ### [c18.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c18.s5.2) The Mayāmata ranks next to Mānasāra. It is attributed to sage Gannamacharya; it describes 5 types of forts and their sizes, in chapter No. IX. Its classified forts are mostly based on their plans, viz., (1) Chaturasra (square), 2) Dīrgha-chaturasra (oblong) (3) Vritta (Circular), (4) Vrittayata (elliptical) and Gōlavritta (fully circular). The Nītisāra of Kamandaka devotes its 7th Prakarna of the IV Canto, for a discussion of the subject matter of forts. The Nītivākyāmrita of Sōmadēva Sūri a court poet of Vēmulavāda Chālukyas deals with the system of forts under the title 'Janapada samuddesah'. - [Previous: c18.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c18.s5.1) - [Next: c18.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c18.s5.3) - [Up: c18.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c18.s5) ## Linked texts (3) - [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit - [Mayamata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.mayamata) — Maya, Sanskrit - [Nītivākyāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.nitivakyamrta) — Somadevasūri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c18.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.joshi-1981.c18.s5.2) · Pramāṇa