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The best variety of such a fort is said to measure
32 eight hundred dandas, the middling, sixhundred and the
inferior variety, four hundred dandas only (12).
The spade-work begins by digging earth according
to the type of fort sought to be constructed and then
the site is purified with sand as per the rules. When
thus the digging of earth is over, a foundation wall
(bhitti) of 10 x 3 cubits is raised, part by part, and
is cemented with time. It should also have a number of
minarets (grriga) with holes and in rows, immitating the
shape of nyagrodha (fig tree) leaves (13-16). This is
said to serve the double purpose of hiding the soldiers
(during attack) and beautifying the fort as well.
As the
wall reaches navel-high, the architects whould emboss on
the stones ferocious yantras of bhairava, naga, trisula,
raiju, kastha, mausala, visakantaka, Sukla, sulamukha,
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dhanu,
33 vyatastya and many other murals like those of
the duals of yaksa, gandharva, kinnaras etc. (17-19).
Then is constructed the vapra-vedi, ten cubits
'apart from the wall, which is transparent like a mirror and
which has steps of either stone or brick. (20-21).
32. One danda is said to equal four hastas (cubits)
SED, p.466.
33.
Cf. VVS (10.46), SS (10.27) and Aparajitaprecha (72.14)
which mention the images of vidyadharis alongwith such
machines as outer murals of a fort-wall.