Town Planning in Ancient India c21.64

c21.64

unconscious growth of, 21-3 ; lay-out of cities after the plan of, 33-4. origin of the gopuras traced to the peculiarity of old, 99-100 ; roads of, 113 ; of Mlecchas, 155-6 ; difference between towns and, 195-7 ; establishment of, 197-8 ; residents of, 199 ; boundaries of, 197-8 ; classification of Brāhmaṇ, 199-201 ; fortification of, 201-2 ; measurements of, 202-3 ; general features of, 203-5 ; classes of, 205 ; distinction from modern villages, 244-5. Vithikā, 254. Vīthis ; (‘ vīthi ’ generally means a street, but sometimes the word refers to small shopping lanes.); 111, 113, 120, 218, 255. Vīthī-padam, residential plot, 120.