Urban Planning in India: From First Settlements to 20th Century Cities
Qolam Reza Haqiqat Naini
Reprinted from: Honar Nameh, University of Art, Tehran, No. 20, 2003 (A brief of the article)


Any attempt at urban planning, or intervention in the process of design and planning, requires an accurate and precise understanding of, and learning from the experience of other countries.

Study of Indian urban planning is important for many reasons:

1- It is one of the oldest and most extensive civilizations of the world.

2- It is characterized by the experience of conscious urban planning, juxtaposed with the experience of urban planning in ancient Greece.

3- Vastness of territory, colonialism and Western theoretician's influence





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