[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) › c15.23 # Town Planning in Ancient India c15.23 Town Planning in Ancient India c15.23 - **Language:** English ### [c15.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.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. - [Previous: c15.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c15.22) - [Next: c15.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c15.24) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c15.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c15.23) · Pramāṇa