Samarangana Sutradhara ^new^

Historically, this treatise influenced the construction of the grand temples of Central India, particularly the near Bhopal, which remains an unfinished masterpiece reflecting the proportions described in Bhoja’s writings.

The text describes three major types of cities: Mandalas (circular/fortified), Panchakas (divided into five sectors), and Sarvatobhadra (rectangular grid cities). Bhoja specifies the precise social hierarchy of housing: palaces for kings in the north, brahmin quarters in the east, and artisan colonies in the south. samarangana sutradhara