[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) › c8.5 # Town Planning in Ancient India c8.5 Town Planning in Ancient India c8.5 - **Language:** English ### [c8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.5) Thus it is mentioned in the Hayaśīrsha Paṁcharātra that the height of walls surrounding a divine edifice should be a quarter of its height. The Śavdakalpadruma quotes the following passage from the Matsya Purāṇa (Ch. 270) dealing with the description of a temple:—"Stagnant or current, in whatever quarters of the temple, water is best. Moats and ramparts should be constructed all around it." This indicates that the divine edifices had, in some instances though not invariably, also their surrounding moats. - [Previous: c8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.4) - [Next: c8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.6) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8) ## Linked texts (3) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Hayaśīrṣasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.hayasirsa) — Sanskrit - [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c8.5) · Pramāṇa