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43: 153:– is one of many surviving treatises on Hindu architecture and sculpture. The text consists of 10000 lines, and discusses a wide range of architectural topics, with many sections on Hindu temples. The text discusses the qualifications of an architect and the construction team, soil testing and preparation methods, design proportions and guidelines, and civil construction. The text includes infrastructure for public services such as water tanks, wells, gardens, markets and others. Sections are dedicated to many plans of village, town and city layout and recommends one of forty plans depending on the terrain and resources available (four examples shown above), with a temple or a public assembly hall at the center of the settlement. 656:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"checksum"}}},"{\"value\":\"42bb2a7b14adedadf5fd18b1f315d4fd86786655\",\"type\":\"string\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P4092":"42bb2a7b14adedadf5fd18b1f315d4fd86786655"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"P4092":"42bb2a7b14adedadf5fd18b1f315d4fd86786655"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"property\",\"numeric-id\":459,\"id\":\"P459\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"":" 536:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"inception"}}},"{\"value\":{\"time\":\"+2021-01-31T00:00:00Z\",\"timezone\":0,\"before\":0,\"after\":0,\"precision\":11,\"calendarmodel\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.wikidata.org\\\/entity\\\/Q1985727\"},\"type\":\"time\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P571":"31 January 2021"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"P571":"31 January 2021"}}}}": --> 337: 349:","P2093":"Ms Sarah Welch"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"P4174":"Ms Sarah Welch","P2093":"Ms Sarah Welch"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"property\",\"numeric-id\":2699,\"id\":\"P2699\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"":" 91: 251: 357:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"P2699":"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/user:Ms_Sarah_Welch"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"property\",\"numeric-id\":2093,\"id\":\"P2093\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"":" 896: 660:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"determination method"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"item\",\"numeric-id\":13414952,\"id\":\"Q13414952\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P459":" 618:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"media type"}}},"{\"value\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"type\":\"string\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P1163":"image\/jpeg"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"P1163":"image\/jpeg"}}}}": --> 448:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"copyright status"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"item\",\"numeric-id\":88088423,\"id\":\"Q88088423\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P6216":" 574:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"source of file"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"item\",\"numeric-id\":66458942,\"id\":\"Q66458942\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P7482":" 492:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"copyright license"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"item\",\"numeric-id\":6938433,\"id\":\"Q6938433\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P275":" 723:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"data size"}}},"{\"value\":{\"amount\":\"+233767\",\"unit\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.wikidata.org\\\/entity\\\/Q8799\"},\"type\":\"quantity\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P3575":"233,767 768:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"height"}}},"{\"value\":{\"amount\":\"+1200\",\"unit\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.wikidata.org\\\/entity\\\/Q355198\"},\"type\":\"quantity\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P2048":"1,200 813:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"width"}}},"{\"value\":{\"amount\":\"+900\",\"unit\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.wikidata.org\\\/entity\\\/Q355198\"},\"type\":\"quantity\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P2049":"900 341:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"creator"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"property\",\"numeric-id\":4174,\"id\":\"P4174\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"":" 809: 53: 47: 70: 102: 346: 160:
from 4000 square feet to 30 square miles, of which one third was ideally for homes and public buildings, while the rest was for gardens, farms, water, streets and other infrastructure.
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Indian scholars such as Ram Raz. The latter published drawings of town and village plans in 1834, which were revised by Havell in 1910.
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