Town Planning in Ancient India c12.4

c12.4

Mahāmahopādhyay Dr. Ganganath Jha writes :¹—"The points of difference between a town and a village were that the town was protected by a ditch and a wall, while the village was not so protected. The town was inhabited mostly by trades-people, in addition to the king and his appurtenances, while the village was inhabited by agricultural people." As to his first point Dr. Jha is wrong, for the Silpa Śāstras enjoin upon girth of walls and moats round the village too. Thus the Mānasāra lays down :² "The village should always be provided with rampart and encircling the ramparts should be excavated moats." What follows will go to