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## Pod Parva
**Verse 166:** Villages with a circumference of 361 krośas are considered the best. They have fertile fields, abundant crops, and plenty of water.
**Verse 167:** Rivers, mountains, caves, cremation grounds, bhir trees (thower), thorny trees like babul, forests, and bridges are the markers of their boundaries.
**Verse 168:** Establishing rules for the inhabitants of the village, ensuring the creation of new things and the protection of old ones, levying taxes, punishing criminals, and collecting revenue from the people are all under the authority of the king.
**Verse 169-170:** A city fortified with a moat, towers, terraces, walls, and ramparts, adorned with numerous buildings, gardens, and ponds, situated in a suitable location, with water flowing towards the northeast direction, and fit for the residence of prominent individuals is considered praiseworthy.
**Verse 171:** Wise men call a city surrounded by a river and a mountain a "khet," and one surrounded only by a mountain a "kharvat."
**Verse 172:** Learned people consider a city surrounded by five hundred villages a "maḍamba," and a city situated on the coast where people disembark from boats is called a "pattana."
**Verse 173:** A city situated on the bank of a river is called a "droṇamukha," and a place where there are tall stacks of grain reaching up to the head is called a "sanvāha."
**Verse 174:** Thus, these villages, cities, etc., are situated on the earth according to their respective suitability.
**Verse 175:** A capital city has eight hundred villages, a droṇamukha has four hundred villages, and a kharvat has two hundred villages. A large village situated in the middle of ten villages is called a "sangraha" (where all kinds of things are stored). Similarly, one should imagine the characteristics of "ghosa" and "ākara" etc.