Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c18.s5.t1.1
Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c18.s5.t1.1
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The Mānasōllāsa or the Abhiliśitārtha Chintāmaṇi (Shama Sastry,R., 1926) is written by Sōmēsvara-III, (1128 A.D.- 1138 A.D.), also known as Bhulōkamalla, the Later Chālukyan king of Kalyāṇa. It consists of 5 prakarṇas with 20 chapters. In the II chapter, it treated the subject of polity under 7 heads each describing separately the 7 limbs of the state i.e. the Saptangās, of which the fort is also an important one. In Khaṇḍa-I, under the slokas from 544 to 584 (Shama Sastry,R., 1926, PP. 95-96) tho description of different types of forts is given, as below:
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- Mānasollāsa (Abhilaṣitārthacintāmaṇi) — Someśvara III, Sanskrit