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The SS also allots south-east direction to the goldsmith and other
artisans, the southern part to the vaisyas, potters and cart-wheelers. The
north-west direction was reserved for the distillers and sellers of the wine,
and north-east for the sellers of commodities like butter and fruits. The
mercantile class should be installed in all the quarters of the city, so that
the people should sell and purchase things which are not locally
produced. 52 The Appr. refers to goldsmiths and ivory workers, perfumes,
etc. to have their dwellings in the eastern direction, dealers in betels,
fruits, flowers to dwell in front of the palace or in the public palaces. The
southern direction of the town was reserved for the dealers in iron. The
cloth merchants should have their dwelling in the north-east, south-east,
north, south and east. The weavers and the sellers of liquor should have
their dwellings in the north-west and south-west respectively.*
The palace complex should consist of a good number of 艣膩l膩s
scattered all round to serve the purpose of the kingdom and of household
establishments. Bhoja gives a list of 50 such establishments of a princely
palace in those days located in the different padas presided over by the
54 different pada-devat膩s. It may be remarked that such vast
establishments of a palace is nowhere to be found in any extant silpa
work. Even M膩nas膩ra makes out a list of 42 pada palace
establishments.55 It would appear that the canons of palace architecture
remained basically unchanged right from the epic age down to the late