[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) › c9.21 # Town Planning in Ancient India c9.21 Town Planning in Ancient India c9.21 - **Language:** English ### [c9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c9.21) The number of main thoroughfares in any city must be adequate for its area: "The king should construct as many roads as the city requires."² The author of the Rājavallabha gives us his own estimate of the number of chief highways that may be in a city. "The greatest city has seventeen thoroughfares lengthwise, and as many breadthwise; the average city has four less, and the worst contains nine, this being the least number of longitudinal streets in a city worth the name.”¹ The estimates of the Mayamata are different. “The streets running from east to west may be 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, or 2 in number and as many may be running from north to south. Or their number may be odd so that it is 11, 9, 7, 5, 3, or 1.”² - [Previous: c9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c9.20) - [Next: c9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c9.22) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c9) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mayamata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.mayamata) — Maya, Sanskrit - [Paryāyaratnamālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.paryaya.paryayaratnamala) — Mādhavakara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c9.21) · Pramāṇa