[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.s2.24 # Town Planning in Ancient India c12.s2.24 Town Planning in Ancient India c12.s2.24 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.24) Divine edifices (maṇḍapam) should be erected in the squares held sacred to Brahmā, Agni, or Mitra. Councils and town-halls (sabhāsthāna) should be established in the plots dedicated to Bhūdhara and Asura. All the above distributions and allocations are required by the authorities on Śilpa Śāstras to be made on the ground divided into the mystic figure Caṇḍita.” - [Previous: c12.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.23) - [Next: c12.s2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.25) - [Up: c12.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Viśvakarmaśilpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.visvakarman.visvakarmasilpa) — Viśvakarman, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c12.s2.24) · Pramāṇa