Contents

List of Figures
List of Plates
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface

PART I. PATAN AND KATHMANDU VALLEY TOWNS
Chapter1. Introduction
Chapter2. Patan: Legends and History

PART II. THE SETTLEMENT OF COMMUNITIES
Chapter3. Community and Neighborhoods
Chapter4. Neighborhood Quarters I: Buddhist Monasteries
Chapter5. Neighborhood Quarters II: Jyapu Community Quarters

PART III. SPATIAL ORDER: THE ANCIENT SYSTEM OF
MEASURE AND PLANNING MODULES
Chapter6. The Layout of Courtyard Settlement Quarters
Chapter7. Patterns of Plot Divisions
Chapter8. Place Courtyards and the Palace Squares
Chapter9. The Buddhist Monastery Architecture

PART IV. THE FOUR STUPAS AND THE PLANNING
GRID OF PATAN
Chapter10. The Four Stupas
Chapter11. The Four Stupas and Settlement Grid
Chapter12. Conclusion

APPENDICES
Appendix 1. The Town of Thimi, Kathmandu Valley
Appendix 2. From Indus Valley to Kathmandu Valley:
The Journey of the Indus Grid in Town Planning

Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index