[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) › c3.47 # Town Planning in Ancient India c3.47 Town Planning in Ancient India c3.47 - **Language:** English ### [c3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c3.47) Its utility and importance—Contributing factors of individuality—Local building materials—Various types of towns and townlets—Nagara—Rājadhānī—Paṭṭana—Durga—Kheṭa—Kharvaṭa—Sivira—Senāmukha—Skandhāvāra—Sthānīya—Droṇamukha—Koṭmakolaka—Nigama—Maṭha or Vihāra—Absence of allusion to diversity in plans and architectural peculiarities in them—What constitutes their personality—Variety in street-plans, distribution of public buildings—Temple-cities—Garden-cities—Abundance of tanks, parks, groves, gardens and trees in ancient towns of India—The city of Vijayanagara and its prominent features like a garden-city—Textual authority about the characteristics of ancient Indian cities resembling garden-cities .... Page 270 - [Previous: c3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c3.46) - [Next: c3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c3.48) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vijayanagara](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.vijayanagara) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c3.47) · Pramāṇa