Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c53.12

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Another important thing in connection with the remodelling of the existing towns is that the available accommodation in the town should be allotted not to individuals but to groups. This is what the ancient texts on town-planning mean by site-planning and folk-planning. Let the religiousity and the Varṇāśrama-dharma be not adhered to, but the fundamental background of this site-planning and the folk-planning, namely, the housing together with a group of people belonging to a common way of life and conduct, must be there. This will not only evolve the greater brotherhood in people, but also usher a new consciousness of organisation, co-operation, association, the essentials of Democracy which has become the modern slogan as the be all and end all of life.