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# Town Planning in Ancient India c21.19

Town Planning in Ancient India c21.19

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### [c21.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.19)

Game-land, 107. Garden-cities, 288, 298. Gardens, 137, 164, 168, 182 ; regular distribution of, 172, 273 ; description of, 261-2 ; Vijayanagara possessing a large number of, 295, 296 ; Dwārakā rich with, 297 ; in town-planning, insistence upon the lay-out of, 298 ; Ayodhyā possessing numerous, 322. Garden-village, pen-picture of, 245-6. Garuḍa fort, (or Suparṇa Durga), diagonal streets recommended in, 132 ; special features of, 276-7. Gates, 99 ; scheme of distribution and arrangement of, 341-6 ; their deviation from central positions, 341-2 ; natural plan of locating, 343-4, 345-6 ; names of the principal, 96-7 ; location of, 97-8 ; Appendix C, 161 ; significance of the names of, 98-9 ;

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