[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) › c7.29 # Town Planning in Ancient India c7.29 Town Planning in Ancient India c7.29 - **Language:** English ### [c7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.29) vārisārā’. Hence, in case of southern declivity, all the filths of the town will be drained and washed into the southern ditch. In winter decomposition of any thing proceeds too slowly to affect sanitation, but heat of the summer favours decomposition. Consequently the foul vapour which the decomposed filths of the southern ditch will emit in summer will be blown into the town by the northerly winds, thus spreading plague and pestilence in the city. With a northern declivity, it will be wafted away from it. And here is the most cogent reason. Bhoja urges this very reason, when he warns against insanitariness. - [Previous: c7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.28) - [Next: c7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.30) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.29) · Pramāṇa