• Dibyendu Biswas

Although there are problems in dating the Arthaśāstra precisely, the period it refers to is of considerable importance in the settlement history of ancient India. The work usually regarded as a source for political and constitutional history but contains a great deal of significance to the historical geographer, and this paper highlights its contributions on urban planning, rural-urban relationship, and the spatial organization of early Indian city-states. The question is raised of whether it remained simply a plan-image or can be regarded as a guide to reality.

Settlement, Ancient India, Urban planning, spatial organization, City-states

"TOWN-PLANNING IN ANCIENT INDIA, AS DEPICTED IN ARTHASASTRA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.54-58, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811B06.pdf

"TOWN-PLANNING IN ANCIENT INDIA, AS DEPICTED IN ARTHASASTRA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp54-58, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811B06.pdf