[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) › c8.19 # Town Planning in Ancient India c8.19 Town Planning in Ancient India c8.19 - **Language:** English ### [c8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.19) ⁴ This classification, if it can be called one at all, is not based upon any advantage of natural defence, but on their situation and distribution with regard to a whole kingdom or a large capital which is defended by these fastnesses lying in its outskirts. Thus the ‘nigama’ is a fort lying some furlongs away from the main town defending the entrance on the principal road leading to the latter. - [Previous: c8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.18) - [Next: c8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.20) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.19) · Pramāṇa