[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.s2.1 # Town Planning in Ancient India c12.s2.1 Town Planning in Ancient India c12.s2.1 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.1) students of the Vedas), or yogīs or meditators of God. The number of car-streets (rathyā) in it varies from one to five with a boulevard going round the village. The internal streets are lined with a single row of houses while a double row of houses ranges along the outer streets.¹ The streets should be so constructed as to demarcate the four annular divisions of the plot ending in the Paiśācha.² Here several lines occur in the original, but their readings are too faulty and their meaning too obscure for translation. "Without the walls (?) should be placed shrines of the deities who preside over and defend the several quarters of the villages. Pilgrims' pavillions, rest-houses, colleges, halls should be located at the several corners. Other divine edifices (religious halls ?) should be established in whatever quarters desirable. Towards the quarter of Agni (south-east) a water-shed should be erected. The village should be secured by a wall and a ditch, with four large gates on the sides and as many by-gates at the corners. The artisans and craftsmen should be assigned quarters along the boulevard (mahārathyā). The hamlets of Vaiśyas (the trading class) and Śudras (the servant class) should be allocated towards the south. In the plots between and including the two consecrated - [Previous: c12.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s1.4) - [Next: c12.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.2) - [Up: c12.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.1) · Pramāṇa