Public Administration in Ancient India c18.64

c18.64

Sometimes it was necessary to occupy particular positions for a considerable length of time. On such occasions, a more permanent sort of camp was constructed. With regard to such a camp, Chānakya says: “On a site well-suited for the construction of buildings, the general, the carpenters, and the astrologers should measure a circular, rectangular, or square plot of land (according to the shape of the available land) for the camp which should contain four gates, six roads, and nine divisions, and should be provided with ditches, parapets, walls, means of exit, watch towers, temporary residence of the King, etc.”²