246 INDIA IN KALIDASA We shall deal with the above at certain length one by one. As we have said above, the city was crossed by broad streets. 'Rajapatha1 was 'the broad street, the big road, the highway2/ Its description is given in the Brahman da Purana, part i, 2nd anusanga-pada, ch. 7, vs. 113, 114, 115. JtiijavitbP is another name which Kalidasa gives to the highway. P: K. Acharya mentions it separately, however, in his Dictionary of Hindu Architecture^ where he explains it as cthe pub- lic road, the broad street, a road which runs round a village or town, also called Mctngalawthi or rathavtthi?* Since Kalidasa distinguishes rdjapatha from rajavi- thi\3j mentioning them distinctly, it may be suggested that the former was a royal highway passing through the centre of the town and connecting other towns cf the country while the latter was one of the main streets cf the town itself. It may even be possible that the part of the rdjapatha itself, which ran across the town, was called rajavithi. - The distinction between the two has got to be made in view of their etymology—paiha and wtbL The roads on both sides were lined by white-washed mansions6 the upper windows of which opened in them7. The market place ran along the main road or the highway and was marked out by prosperous (rddhd) high shops (dpana^). ILoyal Palaces Royal palaces were extensive buildings fitted with inner apartments9 and out- skirts10. They were many-storeyed11 buildings with attic rooms12, terraces, arches13, - balconies14, courtyards15, sabhagrha16, prison17, court-room,18high doors19, veran- dahs-0 opening on the roofs flooded with moon-beams21 at night, and pleasure gardens22. Palaces were variously named as Vimanapratiechanda23, Maniharmya24, ....^/^XVl. 12. 2 P. K. Acharya: A Diet, of Hindu Arch., p. 524. 3 Ragfa., XVIII. 39. 4 P. 5*4- 5 Ibid. 1. 12. 7 Ibid., 57-64; Ragf>tt.9 VII. 5-12. s Ku.9 VII. 55; R^gte., XVL 41. 9i^7^.,V. 3; ^i||