Core Framework
The 9-Layer Classical Śāstra Stack
Nine classical sciences a place draws on, from the ground and its water up to the purpose it serves.
Chapter 1
IKS Living Place Creation
Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) Place Creation
Beyond the single house, the same texts are read for campuses, farms, playhouses and factories. The place-making reference arranges the classical sciences they draw on into a nine-layer stack, and marks each rule with how well it is evidenced.
Kauṭilya ArthaśāstraBook 2, chapter 1 (Janapadaniveśa)
A · Canonical textCited for: Founding a settlement is treated as a matter of the land it stands on: its fields, its mines and its water works.
Chapters in this Compendium
5 chapters
Ecology
Vṛkṣāyurveda: Sacred Arboriculture & Ecology
Which trees stand on which side of a house, the clearance from a plinth, the Pañcavaṭī, and kuṇapa jala.
Chapter 2
Animal Welfare
Gośālā Architecture & Paśu Śāstra
The cattle shed: its orientation, the floor area and drainage fall the engine applies, and manure returned to the land.
Chapter 3
Acoustics
Nāṭya Maṇḍapa: Classical Acoustics & Theatres
The playhouse of the Nāṭyaśāstra: the medium rectangle of 64 by 32 hastas and its division into hall, stage and dressing rooms.
Chapter 4
Industry
Industrial Manufacturing & Arthaśāstra Lean Flow
How the engine places the parts of a factory: twelve equipment types, and a one-way clockwise material flow.
Chapter 5