Town Planning in Ancient India c3.37

c3.37

Its meaning—Distinction between village and town—Kauṭilya’s directions about establishment of villages—Villages founded for military purposes—Nature of an Indo-Aryan village—Classification of Brāhmaṇ villages according to their population—General features of a typical village—Classification of villages according to their shapes and systems of street-planning, folk-planning and temple-planning—(1) Daṇḍaka and its features—(2) Sarvatobhadra and its features—(3) Nandyāvarta and its plans—(4) Scheme and characteristics of Padmaka—(5) Swastika and its features—(6) Scheme and characteristics of Prastara—(7) Kārmuka and its plan—(8) Chaturmukha and its scheme—(9) Prakīrṇaka—