[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.s2.3 # Town Planning in Ancient India c10.s2.3 Town Planning in Ancient India c10.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c10.s2.3) were again subdivided by a net-work of narrower and smaller streets into building blocks. All the ‘grāmas’ or wards were not laid out after the same pattern. Their planning was regulated by requirements of business which the residents of any ward carried on. In order to stamp the wards with individuality and diversity of character, all the wards were not divided again into the same number of building plots; neither the building roads and lanes were planted on the same plan. All the various types of village-plans were sometimes adopted, even in a single town. - [Previous: c10.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c10.s2.2) - [Next: c10.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c10.s2.4) - [Up: c10.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c10.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c10.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c10.s2.3) · Pramāṇa