Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.54

c8.54

The proprietors of two adjacent houses must be careful to have due consideration for each other; thus it is forbidden to obstruct or injure a veranda, window, drainage pipe or a shop etc. or to construct a privy, a fire-place, a receptacle for leavings or to dig a pit or to open a window or to drive a drainage pipe in the immediate vicinity of the neighbouring houses (Kāty. 18, 20 f.; ² Bṛh.