[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Town Planning in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925) › c10.s2.14 # Town Planning in Ancient India c10.s2.14 Town Planning in Ancient India c10.s2.14 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c10.s2.14) “ In the centre of the city, the apartments of gods such as Aparājita, Apratihata, Jayanta, Vaijayanta, Śiva, Vaiśravaṇa, Aśvina (divine physicians), and Viṣṇu¹ shall be situated. In the corners, the guardian deities of the ground shall be appropriately set up. ....At a distance of 100 dhanus (1 dhanu 6 feet) from the ditch (on the counterscarp side) places of worship and pilgrimage, groves and buildings shall be constructed. Guardian deities of all quarters shall also be set up in quarters appropriate to them. - [Previous: c10.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c10.s2.13) - [Next: c10.s2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c10.s2.15) - [Up: c10.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c10.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c10.s2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c10.s2.14) · Pramāṇa