[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) › c13.15 # Town Planning in Ancient India c13.15 Town Planning in Ancient India c13.15 - **Language:** English ### [c13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.15) (4) The imperial palaces should be raised to eleven storeys; the buildings of Brāhmaṇs to nine storeys; those of the ordinary kings to seven storeys; the buildings of the provincial satraps (sāmanta) to five storeys; Vaiśyas and the soldier class (Kshatriyas ?) should have four-storeyed buildings and Śūdras should have their houses one to three storeys high.¹ Mānasāra would determine the storeys in a different way and according to him the lower classes must on no account construct houses of more than a single storey. This assortment of the number of storeys under the different schools should not be disturbed.² The Vṛhat Samhitā lays down that no building should be more than hundred cubits high.³ - [Previous: c13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.14) - [Next: c13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.16) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.15) · Pramāṇa