[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) › c21.9 # Town Planning in Ancient India c21.9 Town Planning in Ancient India c21.9 - **Language:** English ### [c21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.9) Calcutta, 172. Camp, 20, 331-9. Camp life, 40. Capitals, the origin of the great cities of India, 38; causes of their great multitude, 38-9; causes of groups of cities, 39-40; cause of their great splendour, 40; their central situation, 45; qualifications of their site, 47; their general description, 273-4. Car-street, 239, 240; dwellings facing the, 191. Castes, instrumental to preserving craft and culture, 133; different words allotted to different, 147; distribution in the city of the, 149-50, 182; in Anahilapura, the number of, 163; their effect on town-planning, 309-310. Castle, 29, 31, 121; vast courtyard in front of the royal, 122. Centres, their usefulness in corporate life, 259; view and situation of, 262; - [Previous: c21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.8) - [Next: c21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.10) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c21.9) · Pramāṇa