Town Planning in Ancient India c7.18

c7.18

Of the merits and demerits of proclivities in different directions Bhoja is of opinion that the ground should be elevated in the middle² and slanting towards the east and north-east. A southern declivity is responsible for all insanitariness and brings diseases; a declivity towards the north is conducive to wealth, while a westward slope destroys peace and prosperity; a depression of the ground in the middle conveys poverty, while a depression on the borders brings in happiness.³ All the Śilpa Śāstras are unanimous in extoll-