Heritage and towns : Understanding the influence of monumental architecture on the spatial configuration of towns of Madhya Pradesh, India

Architecture speaks of time and evolution, and while it narrates its observations, it unknowingly becomes an epicentre of a lot of 'socio-philic' processes that cultivate art, culture, and religion in which it transforms into an architectural monument. During this monument conversion process, civilisations gradually fit in to become a part of it, and this is exactly how the metamorphosis of towns take place. In exceptional conditions, the adverse of a civilisation first and then a monument later is observed. While this development goes on, a certain configuration of spaces gets generated. The research is intended with the aim of understanding the influence of historic centres on the spatial configuration of towns of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The entire research is based on the idea of human preferences and choices generated through the space syntax methodology of space analysis.