[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) › c21.64 # Town Planning in Ancient India c21.64 Town Planning in Ancient India c21.64 - **Language:** English ### [c21.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.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. - [Previous: c21.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.63) - [Next: c21.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.65) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.64) · Pramāṇa