India's oldest cities offer modern lessons

Dholavira, a 4,670-year-old Harappan city recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021, exemplifies advanced urban planning with orthogonal streets, planned spaces, and sophisticated underground water and sewage systems. This ancient Indian city offers valuable lessons for modern urban designers, showcasing sustainable practices that have endured for millennia. The study highlights the significance of India's ancient urban traditions, which evolved over centuries and include hundreds of similarly planned cities across the subcontinent.

Ravindran, K. T. (2022). India’s oldest cities offer modern lessons (S. Phillips, Ed.). Monash University. https://doi.org/10.54377/fe1c-db45