[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) › c21.58 # Town Planning in Ancient India c21.58 Town Planning in Ancient India c21.58 - **Language:** English ### [c21.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.58) various possible shapes of, 101-5 ; merits and demerits of the shapes of, 102-5 ; classification of, 123 ; general features of all, 124 ; provision of centres or \*places\* in ancient, 267 ; improvement and extension of, 174-4 ; (a) first method, 178 ; (b) second method, 178-80 ; (c) third method, 180-81 ; (d) fourth method, 182-3 ; (e) fifth method, 184-6 ; (f) sixth method, 188-9 ; (g) seventh method, 190-93 ; individuality of, 270-98 ; groups of, 336-7. Trade guilds, 133 ; separate block assigned to separate, 147 ; social bearing of, 306. Trade route, 27, 129, 197, 283. Trading post, 26. Traffic, 109 ; facilitation of the circulation of, 111-2, 136, 180. Trees, 33, 47, 57, 185 ; elaborate plantation and rearing of, 49, 75 ; planted in rows along roads, 108 ; at the junction of roads, 134 ; planted along the streets, 137-8, 186 ; round the city, a girdle of, 175 ; rule about plantation of, 248-9 ; groves and orchards of, 295 ; defence of, 330. Triangular places, 16, 134, 330. Triśālā, 249. Tumbu, 329. Tvashtār, the chiseller, 3. Trysting place, 26, 128. - [Previous: c21.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.57) - [Next: c21.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.59) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.58) · Pramāṇa