India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s10.1

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c8.s10.1

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c8.s10.1

Pāṇini refers to some important towns of his time. *e.g.* Kāpiśī, Takshaśilā, Śākala, Hāstinapura, Śāṁkāśya, and Kāśi. The *gaṇas* add other names. The existence of these cities shows progress in the art of town-planning (*nagara-māpana*) and architecture (*vāstuvidyā*). References to *vathuvijjāchariya* and *pāsāda-māpana* are known in the Jātakas (*Suruchi Jāt.* IV.323).

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