Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c50.s2.2
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c50.s2.2
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Thus it is evident that the rise of towns in India or elsewhere is the fulfilment of the ideas as well as the necessities of life. It is a concrete expression of the motive forces governing the civilization and culture of man. It is the noblest monument of human art and concepts. Dutta says: ‘In its genesis is unwrapped upto a great measure the evolution of the civilization which built it. In Europe this is more true where cities were the making of civilization and history.”