[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) › c11.51 # Town Planning in Ancient India c11.51 Town Planning in Ancient India c11.51 - **Language:** English ### [c11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c11.51) ¹ Both the varieties of sub-towns thrown out by a principal town, viz, the Dāmaḍa and the Vāhirikā, were also known as Śākhā-nagara (literally branch-town). The Śavdakalpadruma gives the following definition of this subsidiary town: “The town which is constructed in the vicinity or the outskirts of the main city, to accommodate its overflow population, is termed branch-town (Śākhā-nagara) from analogy with the branch of a tree.” मूलनगरऽसम्भितस्य जनौघस्य स्थानाय मूलनगरस्य समीपे वङ्गे वा यदन्यत् पुरं नगरान्तरं क्रियते तत् शाखानगरं मूलनगरस्य तरुस्थानीयस्य शाखिव । अभिविन्द- रमणमप्य । स्यादभिविन्दिरमणं शाखानगरमित्यपि । इति विकाण्डशेषः । इति तट्टीकाया भरतः ॥ अपि च । आरभ्य मूलनगरादपरं हि यत् । तदभिविन्द- रमणं शाखानगरमित्यपि ॥ इति शब्दरावलो । - [Previous: c11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c11.50) - [Next: c11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c11.52) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c11) ## Linked texts (2) - [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit - [Śabdāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.sant.kabir.sabdavali) — Kabīrdās, Hindi --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c11.51) · Pramāṇa