[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) › c7.18 # Town Planning in Ancient India c7.18 Town Planning in Ancient India c7.18 - **Language:** English ### [c7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.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- - [Previous: c7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.17) - [Next: c7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.19) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.18) · Pramāṇa