[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) › c13.39 # Town Planning in Ancient India c13.39 Town Planning in Ancient India c13.39 - **Language:** English ### [c13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.39) (10) "The front, middle and back doors of a private dwelling house should be so designed as to be on the same level and in the same straight line with one another. Let the outer door be placed, not exactly in the middle of the facade but a little moved to one side. The general practice is this: If the front of the house be ten paces in length, the entrance should be between five paces on the right and four on the left."² (11) "Not encroaching upon what belongs to others, new houses may be constructed. From each house a water-course of sufficient slope three pādas or one and a half aratnis long shall be so constructed that water shall either flow from it in a continuous line or fall from it into the drain. Violation of this rule shall be punished with a fine of fifty-four panas. - [Previous: c13.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.38) - [Next: c13.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.40) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c13.39) · Pramāṇa