Town Planning in Ancient India c19.26

c19.26

All authorities recommend the construction of some eight subsidiary gates. They are generally located at the Bhṛśa, the Pūṣā, the Bhṛṅgarāja, the Dauvārika, the Soṣa, the Nāga, the Diti, and the Parjjaṇya.³ According to the Mayamata these are also known as tunnels (Suraṅga).¹ This designation of the subsidiary gates may indicate their original character. It strikes me as an anomalous paradox that the author of the Śilparatna who relates the demerits accruing from construction of gates on these sites, recommends them, in case of necessity, as fit places for the subsidiary gates. Such self-contradiction is inexplicable unless it argues a concession to necessity.