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Town Planning in Ancient India c10.s2.7

Town Planning in Ancient India c10.s2.7

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c10.s2.7

The above sums up the principle of folk-planning, and this folk-planning is one of the most important subjects dwelt on in the Śilpa Sāstras.¹ It gave an individual tone to the sites; indeed folk-planning scarcely differs from site-planning. This folk-planning was designed in different fashions by different authorities, and I will give here some account of the various kinds of site-planning.