VEDIC PERIOD(UPTO 4000 B.

C)
• TOWN PLANNING WAS DONE ON SCIENTIFIC FOOTING.
• IN “VISWA KARMAPRAKASH” IT IS STATED THAT”FIRST LAYOUT
THE TOWNS THEN PLAN THE HOUSES “.
• ‘MANSARA SHILPSHASTRA’ DEALS WITH MANY ASPECTS OF
TOWN PLANNING.SUCH AS -:
1)STUDY OF SOIL.
2)CLIMATIC CONDITION.
3)TOPOGRAPHY
4)FIXED ORIENTATION,TO GET MAX. ADVANTAGE
OF SUN AND WIND.
5)LAYOUT OF VARIOUS TYPES OF TOWN
PLANNING.
 TYPES OF TOWN PLANNING

•DANDAKA.
•SWASTIKA.
•PADMAKA.
•NANDYAVARTA.
•PRASTARA.
•CHATURMUKHA.
•KARMUKA.
 MAIN FEATURES OF TOWN
PLANNING

•THE MAIN SREERTS OR RAJA MARG WERE ALIGNED EAST-

WEST TO GET THE ROADS PURIFIED BY SUN RAYS.
•SHORT ROADS WERE ALIGNED NORTH-SOUTH.
•THE ROADS RUNNING AROUND THE VILLAGE CALLED “MANGAL
VITHI”
WERE RESERVED FOR PRIESTS.
•TOWN PLANNER MUST HAVE MASTERY OVER SCIENCE OF
PLANNING,THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURE,SOCIAL AND
RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS.
•AYODHYA AND INDRAPRASTHA HAD NEATLY LAID OUT
HOUSES,PALATIAL BUILDINGS,TANKS,LAKES,BEAUTIFUL
GARDENS & PARKS.
 TYPES OF TOWN PLANNING

•DANDAKA.
•SWASTIKA.
•PADMAKA.
•NANDYAVARTA.
•PRASTARA.
•CHATURMUKHA.
•KARMUKA.
 NEOLITHIC -:BEGINNING OF
CIVILIZATION

•CHANGES IN
PERIOD -:
VILLAGE LIFE
1)CULTIVATION
OF PLANTS ADVANCED
TOOLS
RELIGION
&
2)DOMESTICATIO WEAPONS
N OF WILD
CHANGE IN
ANIMALS HUMAN
EVOLUTION

•HUMAN LEFT
FARMING ART
ROCK & WOODEN
SHELTERS &
BUILD HOMES TO
ARCHITECTURE
STAY WITHIN
CLOSE DISTANCE
FROM HIS FARM