Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c52.4

v1.c52.4

It may be noted that there were so many other architectural components like *Kapiśīrṣakas*, *Kāṇḍa-vāriṇīs*, *Carikā* with *Vedīs*, *Sopānas*, and *Niryūhas*, etc. (10. 30-34) together with the beautiful belts of plantations all round the moat, full of lotuses and laid with a host of flowers bearing trees towards the interior of the town; while the exteriors were laid with thorny bushes to protect them from the easy spoils (ch. 10. 22-24), to add to the beauty of the town and make it at the same time comfortable and health giving with the provision of free air and profusion of sun-shine, plantation, and the like.