[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) › c7.16 # Town Planning in Ancient India c7.16 Town Planning in Ancient India c7.16 - **Language:** English ### [c7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.16) The ground to be avoided, according to the Mānasāra, is that "which has the form of a circle, a semi-circle, or containing 3, 5, or 7 angles, resembling a trident or a window; which is shaped like the hinder part of a fish, or the back of an elephant or a turtle, or the face of a cow, and the like; situated opposite to any of the intermediate quarters, north-west and the like (bidiksthā); abounding with human skulls, stones, worms, ant-hills, bones, slimy earth, decayed woods, coals, dilapidated wells, subterranean pits, fragments of tiles, lime stones, husks of corn; exposed to the wafted effluvia of curd, oil, honey, dead bodies, fishes, etc.; such a space should be avoided on every account." To avoid the odium of reiteration, I mention those disqualifications which Mayamuni lays down, distinct from the Mānasāra :—"The ground that has mighty trees at its four corners, is sterile, has a large number of oceans in it or has none at all, is to be avoided". - [Previous: c7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.15) - [Next: c7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.17) - [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 - [Mayamata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.mayamata) — Maya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.16) · Pramāṇa