Arthashastra

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अष्टशत ग्राम्या मध्ये स्थानीयम्, चतुह्शत ग्राम्या द्रोण मुखम्, द्विशत ग्राम्याः कार्वटिकम्, दश ग्रामी संग्रहेण संग्रहं स्थापयेत् ॥

There shall be set up a stháníya (a fortress of that name) in the centre of eight-hundred villages, a drónamukha in the centre of four-hundred villages, a khárvátika in the centre of two-hundred villages and sangrahana in the midst of a collection of ten villages.

english translation

aSTazata grAmyA madhye sthAnIyam, catuhzata grAmyA droNa mukham, dvizata grAmyAH kArvaTikam, daza grAmI saMgraheNa saMgrahaM sthApayet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript