[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) › c8.59 # Town Planning in Ancient India c8.59 Town Planning in Ancient India c8.59 - **Language:** English ### [c8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.59) are installed the gods Indra, Vāsudeva, Guha, Jayanta, Vaiśravaṇa, the twin Aśvinīs, Śrīmandira and Śiva, Durgā, and Sarasvatī.¹ Except the superstitious belief that these deities sentinel the fort, there is nothing fortificatory in the arrangement. Perhaps Manu contemplates such a fort by a giri-durga resorted to by the Devas.² It is reckoned as a ‘durga’ because of the insuperable difficulty of its approaches, not that it is a resort or stronghold of men. Mount Everest may be an instance of it. - [Previous: c8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.58) - [Next: c8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.60) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.59) · Pramāṇa