Manusmriti
एकः शतं योधयति प्राकारस्थो धनुर्धरः । शतं दशसहस्राणि तस्माद् दुर्गं विधीयते ॥ ७४ ॥
One bowman, placed on a rampart, is a match in battle for one hundred (foes), one hundred for ten thousand; hence it is prescribed (in the Sastras that a king will posses) a fortress.
english translation
ekaH zataM yodhayati prAkArastho dhanurdharaH । zataM dazasahasrANi tasmAd durgaM vidhIyate ॥ 74 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptएकः शतं योधयति प्राकारस्थो धनुर्धरः । शतं दशसहस्राणि तस्माद् दुर्गं विधीयते ॥ ७४ ॥
One bowman, placed on a rampart, is a match in battle for one hundred (foes), one hundred for ten thousand; hence it is prescribed (in the Sastras that a king will posses) a fortress.
english translation
ekaH zataM yodhayati prAkArastho dhanurdharaH । zataM dazasahasrANi tasmAd durgaM vidhIyate ॥ 74 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript