ANCIENT

MEDIVAL

Towns which are more

than 2000 years old and
have long history of
existence are termed as
ancient towns.

MODERN

Towns which emerged

during medieval period as
headquarters of
kingdoms are termed as
medieval towns.

1. Pre-independence towns:
these towns were developed
by the British and other
Europeans rulers. They were port
towns such as Mumbai, Kolkata,
Chennai, Surat, Goa, and
Pondicherry.

These towns developed

as religious and cultural
centres.

Indus Valley Civilization

Fatehpur Sikri
Shahjahanabad

Delhi,
Hyderabad,
Jaipur,
Lucknow,
Agra

Later some hill stations and

summer resorts were developed
by them such as Shimla, etc.
2.

Post-independence towns: These towns were developed as

administrative centres such as
Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar,
Gandhinagar.
Some developed as industrial
towns such as Jamshedpur,
Durgapur, Bhilai, Sindri, Barauni.
Some old towns also developed
as satellite towns around
metropolitan cities such as
Ghaziabad, Rohtak, Gurgaon
around

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

VEDIC
Sanskrit epics

Mohenjo- Daro
Harrapa
Lothal
Aryans

Ramayana,
Mahabharata

vastushastr
a

HINDUISM
BUDHISM
MAURYA
SUNGA EMPIRE
KUSHAN
GUPTA

MOGUL

Babar
Humayun
Akbar
Shahjahan
Aurangzeb

SALIM

HISTORIC EVOLUTION :
Babar ------- Founder
Akbar ------- Occupied Sikri
(vindhya range)
Salim Chisti --- Fatehpur Sikri
(1570)
Shahjahan ---- Shahjahanabad
(16th 17thC)

BRITISH RAJ ------- Delhi

(1858 - 1947)

Edwin Lutyens

LOCATION :

38
s
km

30 to 45 m

CITY PLANNED
FOR :
CITY FORM

Love +
VICTORY

Unity

CITY WITHIN A CITY

-Purity
-Beauty

CITY OF

MATHEMATICAL
SYSTEM :
Proportions
Symmetry
Modular
Rules
Measure

AXIS &
SQUARES
predominates.

ARCHITECTURAL
STYLE :

Hindu

Persian
INDO
SARACENIC
ARCHITECTURE

URBAN FORM :
Flat terrain of rocky sand
stone.
N Lake (now drained)
15 Gates
8 Mosque
8 Baths

GEOMETRIZED CITY FORM :

GRID FORM

MODULAR

8 Super Squares
9 Small Squares
Smaller modules

Articulation of city
Systematic Design
Dynamic
Powerful
Harmoniousl
y

1572 to 1575

1575 to 1585

Cubistic form
Modular
Linear pattern
Scattered residen

BUILDING FORM
:

Open spaces are noncontinuous islands in a

network of buildings that
flow together like streets.
A series of changing
surroundings as one travels
from courtyard to courtyard.