[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) › c7.13 # Town Planning in Ancient India c7.13 Town Planning in Ancient India c7.13 - **Language:** English ### [c7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.13) Mayamuni’s test does not materially differ from that of the Mānasāra. According to the former, the ground should rise slowly towards the south and the west; i.e., it must slant down towards the north and the east (i.e., ‘aindrottara-plabe’, as the author of the Devī Purāṇa puts it). In - [Previous: c7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.12) - [Next: c7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.14) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit - [Devīpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devi) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.13) · Pramāṇa