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ANCIENT MEDIVALMODERN Indus Valley CivilizationFatehpur SikriShahjahanabadTowns which are more than 2000 years old and have long history of existence are termed as ancient towns.

These towns developed as religious and cultural centres.Towns which emerged during medieval period as headquarters of kingdoms are termed as medieval towns.Pre-independence towns:

these towns were developed by the British and other Europeans rulers. They were port towns such as Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Surat, Goa, and Pondicherry. Later some hill stations and summer resorts were developed by them such as Shimla, etc.2. Post-independence towns: -These towns were developed as administrative centres such as Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Gandhinagar.

Some developed as industrial towns such as Jamshedpur, Durgapur, Bhilai, Sindri, Barauni.

Some old towns also developed as satellite towns aroundmetropolitan cities such as Ghaziabad, Rohtak, Gurgaon aroundDelhi.Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Agra

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

Mohenjo- DaroHarrapaLothalAryans VEDIC

Sanskrit epics

Ramayana, Mahabharata

HINDUISM

BUDHISM

MAURYA

SUNGA EMPIRE

KUSHAN

GUPTA

MOGUL

BabarHumayunAkbarShahjahanAurangzeb

vastushastra

SALIM

HISTORIC EVOLUTION :

Babar ------- Founder

Akbar ------- Occupied Sikri(vindhya range)

Salim Chisti --- Fatehpur Sikri (1570) Shahjahan ---- Shahjahanabad (16th 17thC)

BRITISH RAJ ------- Delhi (1858 - 1947)Edwin Lutyens

38 kmsLOCATION :

30 to 45 m

CITY PLANNED FOR : Love + Unity CITY OF VICTORYCITY FORM :CITY WITHIN A CITY-Purity-Beauty

MATHEMATICAL SYSTEM :ProportionsSymmetryModularRulesMeasureAXIS & SQUARES predominates.

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE : Hindu + Persian INDO SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE

URBAN FORM : Flat terrain of rocky sand stone.

N Lake (now drained)

15 Gates8 Mosque8 Baths

GEOMETRIZED CITY FORM :

8 Super Squares9 Small SquaresSmaller modulesGRID FORMMODULARArticulation of citySystematic DesignDynamic PowerfulHarmoniously

1572 to 1575

1575 to 1585

Cubistic formModularLinear patternScattered residence

BUILDING FORM : Open spaces are non-continuous islands in a network of buildings that flow together like streets.

A series of changing surroundings as one travels from courtyard to courtyard.