तत्रारण्यो ग्राम्यः पर्वत औदको भौमः समो विषम इति विशेषाः ॥ कZ_०९.१.१९ ॥
tatrāraṇyo grāmyaḥ parvata audako bhaumaḥ samo viṣama iti viśeṣāḥ
সেখানে দেশের ভেদ হলো—অরণ্য, গ্রাম্য/চাষাবাদী, পার্বত্য; জলসমৃদ্ধ, স্থলভিত্তিক; সমতল ও অসম।
Different terrains require different policies for taxation, policing, fortification, transport, settlement, and resource extraction.
Forests tend to need frontier security, controlled extraction, and management of tribes/forest communities; settled zones prioritize revenue assessment, irrigation, and law-and-order in dense populations.