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You and i magazine published this article page no 36 as mentioned earlier cities are functionally linked to rural areas around them. thus exchange of goods and services is performed sometimes directly and sometimes through a series of market towns and cities. thus cities are connected directly as well as indirectly with the villages and also with each other. you can see the definition of towns in chapter 10 of the book fundamentals of human geography Read More....
You and i magazine You and i magazine published this article page no 37 towns flourished since prehistoric times in india. even at the time of indus valley civilisation towns like harappa and mohanjodaro were in existence. the following period has witnessed evolution of towns. it continued with periodic ups and downs until the arrival of europeans in india in the eighteenth century. on the basis of their evolution in different periods indian towns may be classified as ancient towns medieval towns and ... You and i magazine You and i magazine published this article page no 38 there are number of towns in india having historical background spanning over 2000 years. most of them developed as religious and cultural centres. varanasi is one of the important towns among these. prayag allahabad pataliputra patna madurai are some other examples of ancient towns in the country. medieval towns about 100 of the existing towns have their roots in the medieval period. most of them developed as headquarters of principalities and k... You and i magazine You and i magazine published this article page no 39 important among them are delhi hyderabad jaipur lucknow agra and nagpur. modern towns the british and other europeans have developed a number of towns in india. starting their foothold on coastal locations they first developed some trading ports such as surat daman goa pondicherry etc. the british later consolidated their hold around three principal nodes – mumbai bombay chennai madras and kolkata calcutta – and built them in the british style. rapidly extending their domination either directly or... You and i magazine You and i magazine published this article page no 40 administrative and military areas to them. Towns based on modern industries also evolved after 1850. Jamshedpur can be cited as an example. After independence a large number of towns have been developed as administrative headquarters e.g. Chandigarh Bhubaneswar Gandhinagar Dispur etc. and industrial centres such as Durgapur Bhilai Sindri Barauni. Some old towns also developed as satellite towns around metropolitan cities such as Ghaziabad Rohtak ...