[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) › c8.116.4 # Town Planning in Ancient India c8.116.4 Town Planning in Ancient India c8.116.4 - **Language:** English ### [c8.116.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.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. - [Previous: c8.116.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.116.3) - [Next: c8.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.117) - [Up: c8.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.116) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.116.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.116.4) · Pramāṇa