Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c51.2
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c51.2
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v1.c51.2
This subject of the preliminaries is principally consisted of surveying of the region or regional planning, the site-planning including the examination of the land, testing of the soils and the selection of the site thereof, the levelling of the ground or Bhūkarṣaṇa along with the germination on the plot and offerings, the Balidāna etc. etc. Accordingly let us begin with the regional planning, the first pre-requisite of the town-planning.