TOWN PLANNING ACCORDING TO VAASTUSHASHTRA

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TOWN PLANNING IN ANCIENT INDIA

 

 

Town planning is a very complex designing. If one try to

give a best town planning, it's very hard. But in old ages of our

culture we have great town planning system. Recently archeology

department found at dholavira(kucch-gujarat) that they have great

town planning. the roads, markets, houses, forts all is according to

Vaastushashtra. (Dholavira is a relatively recent discovery. The

Archaeological Survey of India has excavated this Indus city since

1989. Habitation at the site began well before 3000 B.C. and

continued for more than a millennium. This long history provides

important information about the formative stage of the Indus

Civilization and its subsequent decline. The city's unique stone

architecture is partly responsible for the remarkable preservation

of its " Citadel " , " Middle Town " and " Lower Town, " all surrounded by

gigantic water reservoirs that were cut into the bedrock.

Application is currently being made to UNESCO to register and

protect Dholavira as a World Heritage site.)

Ref taken from http://pubweb.cc.u-

tokai.ac.jp/indus/english/2_4_02.html

 

Vaastushashtra is a very old subject for India and we found

the designing according to vaastushashtra in all past eras. The idea

of a town with streets containing regular shops on the sides also

appears to have been incorporated in Indian cities at a subsequent

date. There are basic two concepts first nagar(city) and second is

grama(village). City developed by the requirement of socio-political

and religion-cultural need. Sometimes a village develops into great

town or a simple shrine is seen converted into a temple in city.

Natural advantages and easy communications are the main factors for

the change in village. A market, a temple, facilities to easy across

sand conveyance, especially by water; navigable rivers or seas may

be accepted in this context.

Streets and their arrangements form is one of the important

things in town planning. The ancient people are very much aware of

this fact and they are very much careful about street arrangements.

The main marga (path) is rajmarga witch is in central generally.

The below fact we know from dholavira site which shows that the

people of that time believe in vaastushashtra and they know the town

planning very well:

The city was surrounded by a series of square walls, with

a " Citadel " which rises 15 meters above the " Middle Town " and

the " Lower Town " . A signboard with ten huge Indus signs found on the

floor of a room at the North Gate was probably originally displayed

above the gateway. Although the Indus script written on the

signboard is still undeciphered, it is likely that the inscription

represents the name of the city or the name of a god or a ruler

 

ROHIT JIVANI

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