[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) › c7.34 # Town Planning in Ancient India c7.34 Town Planning in Ancient India c7.34 - **Language:** English ### [c7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.34) trees &c., are called Brāhmaṇa &c., where it is meant to say that they are best or first class etc.” A little thought upon the extract given above from the Mayamata will prove that Mr. Vaze’s interpretation is not universally applicable. Besides, different storeys for different castes as laid down subsequently in the same book cannot add to or detract from the qualification of an edifice. But it is undeniable that there is great force in his contention inasmuch as it is unthinkable that the same plot or tract can be endowed, in specified quarters, with the different four-fold characteristics as contemplated in the allocation of sites to the four castes. - [Previous: c7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.33) - [Next: c7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.35) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mayamata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.mayamata) — Maya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c7.34) · Pramāṇa