[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) › c21.14 # Town Planning in Ancient India c21.14 Town Planning in Ancient India c21.14 - **Language:** English ### [c21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.14) a class of towns, 123 ; general features of, 206-9. Debating halls, 33. Delhi, groups of cities in ,40 ; walls about, 85 ; rivers flowing into the ditches of, 94. Deśamārga, meaning and width of, 114. Dhanu, measure of, 115. Dhānvana, a fort ; nature of, 73 ; general description of, 78-9 ; its place in order of merit, 84. Dhārā-gṛha, 268. Dīpa-sthambha, the light-post, 135. Ditches, a characteristic feature of ancient towns, 70 ; supplying the needed earth, 85 ; characteristics of, 91-5 ; number of, 86, 91 ; magnitudes of, 92-3 ; mechanisms to regulate the current and the depth of water in, 93 ; rivers flowing into, 93, 94 ; stagnant or current waters of, 93 ; sharks and ferocious fishes, and flower plants reared in, 94 ; forming a part of the drainage system of the city, 95 ; in the town of Vaṃji, 139 ; preventing growth of clumsy outskirts, 175. Divine artists, names and genealogy of, 3-4. Doors, of houses, 255. Drains, width of, 115 ; by the side of streets, 139-40 ; location of, 204 ; of the city of Madurā, 328. Droṇamukha, a kind of fort, 74 ; location of, 34-5 ; - [Previous: c21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.13) - [Next: c21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.15) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.14) · Pramāṇa