Town Planning in Ancient India c15.23

c15.23

मयमत नवमोऽध्यायः । of hillocks. It is girt round with a mud-wall. It lies in the midst of villages¹ having facilities of communication by land or water. The main population of the town consists of Śūdras or labouring class. Such a town if thrown out by local industries, such as mining, is known as Śākhānagara.¹ According to its area it is classified into three varieties whose breadths respectively are 256, 320, 384 daṇḍas, while their lengths are 2, 1¾, 1½, 1¼, 1⅛, 1⅛ times or equal to their breadths.