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चतुर्दिशं जन पद अन्ते साम्परायिकं दैव कृतं दुर्गं कारयेत्, अन्तर् द्वीपं स्थलं वा निम्न अवरुद्धम् औदकम्, प्रास्तरं गुहां वा पार्वतम्, निरुदक स्तम्बम् इरिणं वा धान्वनम्, खञ्जन उदकं स्तम्ब गहनं वा वन दुर्गम् ॥
ON all the four quarters of the boundaries of the kingdom, defensive fortifications against an enemy in war shall be constructed on grounds best fitted for the purpose: a water-fortification (audaka) such as an island in the midst of a river, or a plain surrounded by low ground; a mountainous fortification (párvata) such as a rocky tract or a cave; a desert (dhánvana) such as a wild tract devoid of water and overgrown with thicket growing in barren soil; or a forest fortification (vanadurga) full of wagtail (khajana), water and thickets.
english translation
तेषां नदी पर्वत दुर्गं जन पद आरक्ष स्थानम्, धान्वन वन दुर्गम् अटवी स्थानम् आपद्य् अपसारो वा ॥
Of these, water and mountain fortifications are best suited to defend populous centres; and desert and forest fortifications are habitations in wilderness (atavísthánam).
english translation
जन पद मध्ये समुदय स्थानं स्थानीयं निवेशयेत्, वास्तुक प्रशस्ते देशे नदी सङ्गमे ह्रदस्य अविशोषस्य अङ्के सरसस् तटाकस्य वा, वृत्तं दीर्घं चतुर् अश्रं वा वास्तु वशेन वा प्रदक्षिण उदकं पण्य पुट भेदनम् अंसपथ वारि पथाभ्याम् उपेतम् ॥
Or with ready preparations for flight the king may have his fortified capital (stháníya) as the seat of his sovereignty (samudayásthánam) in the centre of his kingdom: in a locality naturally best fitted for the purpose, such as the bank of the confluence of rivers, a deep pool of perennial water, or of a lake or tank, a fort, circular, rectangular, or square in form, surrounded with an artificial canal of water, and connected with both land and water paths (may be constructed).
english translation
तस्य परिखास् तिस्रो दण्ड अन्तराः कारयेत् चतुर्दश द्वादश दश इति दण्डान् विस्तीर्णाः, विस्ताराद् अवगाढाः पाद ऊनम् अर्धं वा, त्रिभाग मूलाः, मूल चतुर् अश्रा वा, पाषाण उपहिताः पाषाण इष्टका बद्ध पार्श्वा वा, तोय अन्तिकीर् आगन्तु तोय पूर्णा वा सपरिवाहाः पद्म ग्राहवतीश् च ॥
Round this fort, three ditches with an intermediate space of one danda from each other, fourteen, twelve and ten dandas respectively in width, with depth less by one quarter or by one-half of their width, square at their bottom and one-third as wide as at their top, with sides built of stones or bricks, filled with perennial flowing water or with water drawn from some other source, and possessing crocodiles and lotus plants shall be constructed.
english translation
चतुर्दण्ड अपकृष्टं परिखायाः षड्दण्ड उच्छ्रितम् अवरुद्धं तद् द्विगुण विष्कम्भं खाताद् वप्रं कारयेद् ऊर्ध्व चयं मञ्च पृष्ठं कुम्भ कुक्षिकं वा हस्तिभिर् गोभिश् च क्षुण्णं कण्टकि गुल्म विष वल्ली प्रतानवन्तम् ॥
At a distance of four dandas (24 ft.) from the (innermost) ditch, a rampart six dandas high and twice as much broad shall be erected by heaping mud upwards and by making it square at the bottom, oval at the centre pressed by the trampling of elephants and bulls, and planted with thorny and poisonous plants in bushes. Gaps in the rampart shall be filled up with fresh earth.
english translation