PLANNING OF THE CITY Unlike Dausa and Amber, the two previous capital cities of the Dhoondhar region established on hill- top, whose planning was guided by topographical structure of the areas, Jaipur city was revolutionary both in terms of its grid-iran pattern planning and its location at the base of the hills. There was also a significant economic shift fram an agricultural base in Dausa and Amber to trading in the capital of Jaipur The layout of the city of Jaipur wonderfully links the concept of a Shastric city with the practicalities of the chosen s First, the straight line of the ridge suggested itself as the route for one of the main east-west thorough fares and building a road along its crest makes best possible use of the topography for the purpose of drainage. What followed then was to regularize the Amber- Sanganer road as a north-south route at right angles toit. The point of intersection would be one of the city’s suacvani/ae oe main cross-roads (chaupar) comsitey dela exes The intersection of the axes to define the Badi Chaupar (City Square).> Aroad cutting the plain from N to S linking ‘Amber,the capital to Sanganer, the principal trading town. This road had to be preserved and controlled and therefore had to fall within the city’s boundaries Vv ‘Asecond road ran Eto W between the Mughal cities of Agra and Ajmer and placing the new city on this already established communication line would help secure its economic success. However since this was an imperial road that could not be encroached ‘on, thus the city had to be contained to the north of this line. Also, a natural ridge runs across the plain, N of the road and parallel tot, ina roughly EW alignment (with a slight deviation of15 deg. from the cardinal axes). The area to its $ is flat while that to its N slopes down gently. In Shastric terms, this is an ideal arrangement as declivity towards the north-east Is considered the best site. In practical terms, the ridge too had to be accommodated Scurceshttp: mw archinamy compte) delat feyfone studies /201 Yt 2 og Ends of the roads marked by Gates in the City Wall