Town Planning in Ancient India c8.116.4

c8.116.4

while the town of Ayodhyā of the Ikṣvāku family, because of its shape like a bow, has earned many victories.³ From the above it is clear that the rectangular or square shapes were the most favourable with the Indo-Aryan town-planners and were generally adopted in practice. The circular, triangular, multi-angular, or any irregular civic contours were denounced because such shapes would react upon the planning of sites and buildings, and their orientation.