History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c29.s1.4

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After the demise of Indus civilization there is hardly any evidence of city life for about a thousand years and it is only around 600 B.C that there is a second phase of town planning. The study reveals that this second phase was neither earlier survival nor revival and the least an import. It is believed to be *sui generis* (Ghosh, 1973).