[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) › c12.9 # Town Planning in Ancient India c12.9 Town Planning in Ancient India c12.9 - **Language:** English ### [c12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.9) "Villages consisting each of not less than a hundred families and not more than five hundred families of agricultural people of Śūdra caste, with boundaries extending as far as a kroś (2250 yds.) or two and capable of protecting each other shall be formed. Boundaries shall be denoted by a river, a mountain, forests, bulbous plants (gṛshti), caves, artificial buildings (setubandha)¹ or by trees such as śālmalī (silk cotton tree), śamī (acacia suma), and kshīra vṛksha milky trees).”¹ - [Previous: c12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.8) - [Next: c12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.10) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.9) · Pramāṇa