Public Administration in Ancient India c18.91

c18.91

According to Chānakya, forts were to be constructed in all the four quarters of the territory of the State. There were to be island forts, forts in the plains, forts in low-lying places, forts protected by water, forts built of stone, cave-forts, hill-forts, desert forts, and forts constructed in forests. A Sthānīya fort was to be built in the centre of eight hundred villages, a Droṇamukha, of four hundred, a Khārvaṭika, of two hundred, and a Saṅgrahaṇa, of ten.² In the opinion of Sukrāchārya, forts were to be constructed in accordance with a definite system so that each might be helpful to the others in case of need.