Town Planning in Ancient India c17.s2: Indraprastha

Town Planning in Ancient India c17.s2

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Indraprastha

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It was adorned with sea-like ditches, defended by sky-high parapets and furnished with gates, towers and palatial buildings. There was a fine lay-out of large thoroughfares. There were magnificent houses, pleasant retreats, fine museums, artificial hills, numerous tanks brimming with water, beautiful lakes fragrant with lilies and lotuses and lovely with variety of birds, many charming parks and gardens with tanks at the centres and also numberless fine ponds.¹

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¹ The Mahābhārata, Ādiparva, Ch. 217.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit