[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) › c21.35 # Town Planning in Ancient India c21.35 Town Planning in Ancient India c21.35 - **Language:** English ### [c21.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.35) Madhyanāhāra, the third court of a temple, 263. Madurā, a fortified city, 85 ; improvement of, 178-80 ; general description of, 324-8. Mahābhadram, the street-plan of, 121 Mahākāla (or Vāmana), a central street, 125, 126-7 ; a principal arterie of communication, 128, 129. Mahāmārga, the boulevard, 218 ; width of, 220. Mahāmaryādā, the outermost court of a temple, 263. Mahāpatha, technical sense of, 125. Mahārathyā, the boulevard, the houses allotted to, 212. Mahīdurga, a kind of fort, 79. Maṇḍapa, 32, 137, 224, 304. Mandira, meanings of, 29, 71-2. Maṇḍūka (or Chaṇḍita), 143, 145. Maṅgala, a Brāhmaṇ village, 201. number of householders in, 209, 220. Maṅgalavīthi, the path of circumambulation, 32, 33 ; width of, 124 ; definition of 124, 125. Manram, meaning of, 266. Manu, a divine architect, 3. Manufactories, 25. Mānuṣa, the third ring of plots, 158, 216. Manuvur Pakkam, 185. Mārga, the generic name of a road, 218 ; width of, 113. Mārga-kāraka, maker of the road, 167. Market, 19, 20 ; a potential town, 23, 25 ; a public centre, 109, 265,-6 ; arrangement of shops in, 152. - [Previous: c21.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.34) - [Next: c21.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.36) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.35) · Pramāṇa