Town Planning in Ancient India c3.22

c3.22

The present requirements and the prospective tendencies of the projected town—Selection of the site—Sukracharyya's directions—Utility of planting trees in towns—Examination of the ground—Its fitness according to its colour, smell, taste, shape, direction, sound and touch—The proclivity of the ground—The ground to be avoided—The merits and demerits of proclivities—Castes and qualities of the ground—Solidity of the ground and various methods of ascertaining it—Purification and consecration of the ground—Determination of the cardinal directions—Dimensions of the city or village—Arteries of communication surveyed—Division of the ground into square or oblong plots—Geological survey of the locality and its neighbourhood . . . . . 44