Arthashastra

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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

teSAM nadI parvata durgaM jana pada ArakSa sthAnam, dhAnvana vana durgam aTavI sthAnam Apady apasAro vA ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript