History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c33.s1.t1: Alignment

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The streets of the Indus Cities—both wide and narrow are aligned, as regularly as possible, instead of winding as was usual in very early cities. The alignment was done by simple methods, with no evidence of instruments. This led to slight divergences — especially in streets that were supposed to be parallel. However, on the whole, especially in shorter distances, the alignment can be termed as accurate (Marshall).