[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) › c3.34 # Town Planning in Ancient India c3.34 Town Planning in Ancient India c3.34 - **Language:** English ### [c3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c3.34) General observations—The board of civic functionaries—Sthapati, his coadjutors and subordinates—Their qualifications—Their controlling and supervising powers over civic constructions—Gṛhādyadhipati and his functions—Extension and Improvement of Dvārāvatī—Extension of Vijayanagara—Various artifices adopted to keep down town-population—Expansion and improvement of Madurā after inundation—Reclamation of a belt of land around—Rule of diminishing contiguity of buildings—Foundation of supplementary faubourgs or sub-towns—Subsidiary towns in the neighbourhood—Method of laying out and adding new muhallas—Evolution of the town of Śrīraṅgam—Decay and demolition of city-walls and its effect on towns .... .... Page 165 - [Previous: c3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c3.33) - [Next: c3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c3.35) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vijayanagara](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.vijayanagara) - [Dvārakā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.dvaraka) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c3.34) · Pramāṇa