Question

Ancient India had expertise in the field of town planning.
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Hint: Many artifacts from various ancient civilisations tell us about the past of that civilization like their food, environment, their advancement in the field of architecture, medicine, etc. and hopefully what caused their downfall.

Complete answer:
 Town planning in India is not a new thing as we can see the remnants from the past civilisations. The most concrete evidence could be seen from the Indus Valley Civilisation. The architecture features of the Civilisation are as follows:
1. Their town planning was remarkable and they had an excellent drainage system and sanitation system.
2. The large cities were divided into two parts.
3.They had a fine drainage system and a well maintained water supply system. There were street lights and a watch and ward system at night for safety purposes. They even had a specific place for the waste management and had public wells in every street and a well in every house.
4. The houses were not made of stone and the roof of the house is flat and made of wood.
5.They used burnt bricks and sun dried bricks for construction purposes.
6.Every house had vertical drainage and was connected to the road drainage.
7. They even had a great granary and the great bath.
As we have evidence to support the argument that Ancient India had expertise in the field of town planning.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note:1.The great granary was built having 169 fit long and 135 fit wide and attached to it were two-roomed tenements.
2.The dimension of the great public bath was 180 feet by 108 feet. The bathing pool was 39 feet long, 23 feet wide and 8 feet deep.