1. The evolution of towns has occurred in different ways and in different stages in India.
2. They can be classified into ancient towns, medieval towns and modem towns.
3. Most of the ancient towns like Harlappa. Mohenjodaro, Varanasi, Allahabad and Madurai developed as administrative, religious and cultural centres.
4. The medieval towns like Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Agra and Nagpur developed as headquarters of principalities and kingdom.
5. The Europeans first developed some coastal towns such as Surat, Daman, Goa and Pondicherry in modem India.
6. Then the British developed Madras, Bombay and Calcutta as the administrative headquarters and trading centres.
7. The newly developed towns are known differently as hill towns, industrial towns, court towns, railway station towns, cantonments and administrative towns.
