Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c52.9

v1.c52.9

Let us now proceed with the canons of fortification of a town as laid down in the S.S. These canons centre round the five parts of the fortification as described in the very opening lines of the chapter. The first place in this technique goes to the formation of the mound of the rampart, i. e. the Vapra. “The mound, the proto-type of the skilled Vapra or rampart is the first mile-stone, the indelible landmark towards the various gradations of Aryan progress and civilisation” in the evolution of the ordered living.