[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927) › v2.c14.s8.2 # Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v2.c14.s8.2 Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v2.c14.s8.2 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c14.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c14.s8.2) As stated above, a town is a large village. According to the \*Mānasāra\*, it appears that the dimensions of the smallest town-unit are 100 × 200 \*daṇḍas\*; the largest town-unit is 7,200 × 14,400 \*daṇḍas\*. A town may be situated from east to west or from north to south according to the position it occupies. There should be one to twelve large streets in a town. It should be built near a river or a mountain and should have facilities for trade and commerce with the foreigner (\*dvīpāntara-vartin\*). Like a village, it should have walls, ditches and gates drains, parks, commons, shops, exchanges, temples, guest-houses, colleges, etc. For purposes of military defence, the towns are generally well fortified. - [Previous: v2.c14.s7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c14.s7.6) - [Next: v2.c14.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c14.s8.3) - [Up: v2.c14.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c14.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c14.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c14.s8.2) · Pramāṇa