Town Planning in Ancient India c3.41

c3.41

Principle and purpose of building bye-laws—Order of town-planning and house-planning—Plantation of trees—Structural peculiarities of the houses belonging to different castes—Fixation of the number of storeys in buildings—Regularity about heights of buildings—Emphasis on proper dimensions of buildings—Rules about "alinda" and "vīthikā" of the houses—Rule about their frontage—Arrangement of the doors of houses—Intervening space between houses—Illustrative example of the city of Sirkap .... .... 247