Pattana

A commercial city which was fortified with a population of various castes and with a location providing easy access to waterways linking it to foreign lands and thus allowing considerably more import and export trade than in other examples cited.

Rajdhani

The capital city generally located in the interior on the banks of a river. It was stipulated that the king should live in the middle of the rajdhani.

Kheta

A small town where residents were of 'low caste' (shudras). It was circumvallated with a river nearby. It could be located in the mountains.