Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c6.11

v1.c6.11

| Forts or Durgas | ... | 256-260 |
| Viśvakarma-vāstu-śāstra | ... | 256–257 |
| Mānasāra and Mayamata | ... | 257–258 |
| Kauṭilya's Arthaśāstra | ... | 258–260 |
| CHAPTER III—Preliminaries of town-planning | ... | 261–267 |
| (a) Regional Planning | ... | 261–262 |
| (b) Land and Landscape suited to an ideal town | ... | 262–263 |
| (c) Geological Survey | ... | 263–267 |
| CHAPTER IV—Road Planning | ... | 268-274 |
| Three-fold function of the roads | ... | 268 |
| Road planning and Site planning | ... | 268–269 |
| S. S.’s 34 roads in modern town and their characteristic features | ... | 269–271 |
| Broad elements of road planning | ... | 271–273 |
| Evidence of Mayamata and Mānasāra | ... | 273–274 |
| CHAPTER V—Jāti-varṇādhivāsa (Folk Planning) | ... | 275–281 |
| What is folk-planning | ... | 275 |
| Folk-planning and site-planning | ... | 275–276 |
| According to the S. S. | ... | 276–280 |
| According to other authorities—Śukra etc. | ... | 280–281 |
| CHAPTER VI—Deification and Beautification of Towns | ... | 282–285 |
| (A) Temples | ... | 282 |
| 1. External location of deities | ... | 282–283 |
| 2. Internal location | ... | 283–284 |
| (B) Gardens etc. | ... | 284–285 |
| CHAPTER VII—Fortification | ... | 286–291 |
| CHAPTER VIII—Inauspicious Towns | ... | 292–294 |
| CHAPTER IX—Conclusion-Modern town-planning and what it can learn from the S. S. | ... | 295–300 |