STANDARD VILLAGE PLANS

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that in

theAryan militarycampitwas

a formation used for

defending thefour gateways; itwas also the Indo-Aryanre-

ligious

compass,

indicatingtheapparent movementofthe sun

acrossthe heavens,

which movementstill forms partof Hindu

w.

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Fig.5.—Village

PlancalledSwastika

(correctedfromRamRstz,PI.XLV).

religious

ritual inthe

performance

ofpradakshind, orthe

cir-

cumambulation

of ashrine,

keeping the

rightsidetowards

it.

Philosophically

the

sign represents

theprinciple

of evolution

;

thereverse

sign,associated

with

blackmagicand

representing

involution,was

adoptedby

certainschools

ofHinduphilosophy.

In this

plan the

direction of

the blocks of

houses in each

quarterofthevillage

indicated

the

movementfrom

lefttoright.