War in Ancient India c9.s3.30

c9.s3.30

Besides the Padmaka type, which has the plan of a circle or a square, other plans recommended are the svastika type, more or less rectangular in form, and the *kārmuka* or bow-like type. Over these towers are to fly flags with guardsmen near them and here music is to be played.⁵⁵ Just near the main gateway are to be built the royal palace and the residences of the principal officers. Behind was the harem. Between them the kitchens and store-rooms were located. In the south we have the arsenal and the pleasure gardens and in the north the fourfold forces. Separate quarters for all classes in the interior and separate tanks for men and beasts are a speciality. The guardian deity is to be worshipped in a separate apartment. Streets of different dimensions were laid out and equipped with lamp-posts. The suburbs of the castle-palace led to the country.