[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) › c21.23 # Town Planning in Ancient India c21.23 Town Planning in Ancient India c21.23 - **Language:** English ### [c21.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.23) Hamlets, 23, 165, 166. Harbour, 27. Hāts, 23. Howra-hāt, 26. Hermitage, a miniature university, 24; location of, 159. History, its importance in town-planning, 42-3. Highways, crossings of, 20. House, a synonym of ‘puram’, 19; origin of the town in, 20; predominance of defence in the construction of, 35. factors determining the cognate character of, 153; order in the planning of, 248; form of the houses of the different castes, 249-50; arrangement of the doors of, 255; principle about the arrangement of, 256; arrangement in Ayodhyā of, 322. - [Previous: c21.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.22) - [Next: c21.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.24) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.23) · Pramāṇa