The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c7.45

c7.45

Another interesting village plan was based upon the *Swastika*, the mystic sign derived from the "magic square," which, as stated above, represented the four quarters of the world and of the universe. The magic of the swastika lay in the fact that in the Aryan military camp it was a formation used for defending the four gateways; it was also the Indo-Aryan religious compass, indicating the apparent movement of the sun across the heavens, which movement still forms part of Hindu