[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.s2.22 # Town Planning in Ancient India c12.s2.22 Town Planning in Ancient India c12.s2.22 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.22) The village should have a girdle of wall encompassed by a ditch. The main gates of the village should be located near the four corners. The eastern gate should be opened in the quarter of Īśāna; the southern gate in that of Agni; the western gate in that of Pitṛs and the northern gate in that of Vāyu¹.....Expert authorities do not generally recommend four gates in the four cardinal directions; or two gates may be constructed in the east and the west. The four streets making up the boulevard may have openings (chāra) at their termini. Side-gates or by-gates may be opened in the north in the plots belonging to Nāga, Mṛga, Aditi, and Diti; in the east in those of Parjanya, Antarikṣa, and Puṣā; in the south in those of Gandharva and Bhṛṅgarāja; and in the west on those of Sugrīva and Asura. Else, travellers' gates (janadvāram) may be constructed in the plots belonging to either Mukhya, Bhallāṭa, Mṛga, Aditi, Jayanta, Mahendra, Satya, or Bhṛśa. - [Previous: c12.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.21) - [Next: c12.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.23) - [Up: c12.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.22) · Pramāṇa