[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) › c9.72 # Town Planning in Ancient India c9.72 Town Planning in Ancient India c9.72 - **Language:** English ### [c9.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.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. - [Previous: c9.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c9.71) - [Next: c9.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c9.73) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Devīpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devi) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c9.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.dutt-1925.c9.72) · Pramāṇa