Town Planning in Ancient India c12.s2.30

c12.s2.30

The plan given above is a departure from the one suggested by Rāmrāz and others. But the very name Padmaka and the word ‘आवर्तकेषु’ (circular) occurring in the above extract embolden me to it places the number of cross streets at seven. Mānasāra’s details are: Its length and breadth are made equal, while the enclosing walls are circular. Or, the village and its walls may be quadrangular, sexagonal, or octagonal. The village ground should be divided into the mystic figure Sthaṇḍila or Caṇḍita. The divine edifice and the council house should be erected in the central plot. Round about this plot should be planted streets numbering four to eight and they are lined with houses. There should be gates in four cardinal directions. The rest is identical with the above-mentioned Nandyāvarta.