[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) › c19.7 # Town Planning in Ancient India c19.7 Town Planning in Ancient India c19.7 - **Language:** English ### [c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c19.7) The natural, the æsthetic asserted itself in some measure in later periods when comparative peace and tranquillity settled in the land. The rectification of the doors or gates was first made for the gods, Brāhmaṇs, and the kings.¹ This modification of the old rule in favour of these high classes may indicate that the alignment of the gates with the central streets or the opening up of the doors just in the middle of the wall of the house was looked upon as an improvement upon the previous practice. This was therefore first sanctioned to the rank as a special privilege or it may be that, being the intelligent class, they were the first to realise the advantage and utility of this simple arrangement and the Vaiśyas and the Śūdras who, belonging to the lower grades of the society, were by nature more conservative and unimaginative, continued the old practice even after the higher classes had abandoned it in favour of the natural and more convenient rule. - [Previous: c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c19.6) - [Next: c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c19.8) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c19.7) · Pramāṇa