Town Planning in Ancient India c9.72

c9.72

¹ "At the front of the gates there should be an arbour (latāmaṇḍapa) and a garden. Every gate should be furnished with a royal chamber and also with windows. Their fronts should be decorated with ornate pictures. Bowers or maṇḍapas should be erected hard by the quarters of the armed gate-keepers." Vide Devī Purāṇam, Ch. 72, ll. 235—46.