[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) › c17.s4.3 # Town Planning in Ancient India c17.s4.3 Town Planning in Ancient India c17.s4.3 - **Language:** English ### [c17.s4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c17.s4.3) Many years passed and the town was washed away by a huge flood. When it subsided, the town was constructed anew. The plan was drawn up afresh after a resurvey of the limits of the old city from a study of the extant traces and that on such a comprehensive scale as to satisfy the growing need of the swelling population. In this new plan, which was circular also, the old temple retained its central position.¹ The great - [Previous: c17.s4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c17.s4.2) - [Next: c17.s4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c17.s4.4) - [Up: c17.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c17.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c17.s4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c17.s4.3) · Pramāṇa