[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) › c6.4 # Town Planning in Ancient India c6.4 Town Planning in Ancient India c6.4 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.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); - [Previous: c6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c6.3) - [Next: c6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c6.5) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c6.4) · Pramāṇa