[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) › c13.34 # Town Planning in Ancient India c13.34 Town Planning in Ancient India c13.34 - **Language:** English ### [c13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.34) (8) Outside the house and touching it there should be planted a foot-path (vīthikā), like the two paved foot-paths on either sides of the main thoroughfares of a modern city which should be as wide as one-third of the breadth of the house.⁴ The foot-walk formed an indispensable part of the house. Mānasāra clearly lays down that there should be raised foot-paths on both sides of the streets.⁵ (9) All the houses should face the royal roads and at their backs there should be vīthīs or narrow lanes to allow passage for removal of offals and night-soil. - [Previous: c13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.33) - [Next: c13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.35) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.34) · Pramāṇa