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(7) Mānasāra (chap. X. named Nagara) : The dimension of the smallest town-unit is 100 × 200 × 4 cubits; the largest town-unit is 7,200 × 14,400 × 4 cubits (lines 3-33). A town may be laid out from east to west or north to south according to the position it occupies (102). There should be one to twelve large streets in a town (110-111). It should be built near a sea, river or mountain (73, 51), and should have facilities for trade and commerce (48, 74) with the foreigners (63). It should have defensive walls, ditches and forts (47) like a village. There should be gate-houses (gopura, 46), gates, drains, parks, commons, shops, exchanges, temples, guest-houses, colleges (48 f) etc., on a bigger scale than in a village.
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