Town Planning in Ancient India c5.11

c5.11

Of the ancient character of the science, Mr. E. B. Havell writes:—"The close connection of the geometrical system (denoted by the mystic figures Paramaśāyika, Swastika, Sarvatobhadra, etc.) with the Vedic sacrificial lore, and the position of the master-builder as a high priest or sacrificial expert, are indirect proofs of the great antiquity of