[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) › c21.50 # Town Planning in Ancient India c21.50 Town Planning in Ancient India c21.50 - **Language:** English ### [c21.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.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. - [Previous: c21.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.49) - [Next: c21.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.51) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.50) · Pramāṇa