Smart city 2,500 years ago
Debraj MItra Jan 13, 2018 00:00 IST
Park Street: Intelligent traffic management, pedestrian-friendly pathways, grand gateways with security, wide roads and a vast open space much like the Maidan made a small town in Kalinga kingdom (Odisha) the country's first "smart city" some 2,500 years ago.
The Narendra Modi government launched the Smart Cities mission in 2015 but Sisupalgarh, on the south-eastern edge of present-day Bhubaneswar was one of the most organised urban centres of ancient India, said Monica L. Smith, an archaeologist and professor in the department of anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/smart-city-2-500-years-ago-200823
