Town Planning in Ancient India c6.4

c6.4

The Savdakalpadruma gives the following synonyms of ‘puram’, the Sanskrit equivalent of a city : a house (geha); a place containing a market and the like (haṭṭādi-viśiṣṭa-sthānam); a place of intercourse between and including many villages (vahū-grāmīya-vyavahāra-sthānam); a place of palaces or royal residence (purī); a town (nagara);