Town Planning in Ancient India c21.50

c21.50

Rampal, the fort of, 86. Ramparts, 70, 72, 79, 84 ; technical sense of, 85 ; construction of, 85-8 ; villages defended by, 196. Rathamārga, a car-street, 125. Rathyā; (generally it means a vehicular street ; sometimes it denotes also the junction of rathyās, i.e., of streets) ; technical sense of, 125-6. Reservoir, 159. Resting houses, 31, 37. Rest rooms, 33. Rivers, utility of, 27, 28. Roads, 75, 106, 129, 134, 168, 218 ; chess-board plan of, 33 ; for gods, 89 ; width of the various kinds of, 106, 108, 112-3 ; purpose of, 109 ; the proper number of, 116-7, 149 ; doors and arches of, 122-3. Royal kitchen, 149. Royal palace, location of, 161, 324, 329-30 ; general description of, 260-63.