Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v6.c40.s4.9

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Summarizing the finds, Mr. Majumdar declares that the sites discovered fall under two categories, namely, the places where the people actually inhabited and those where they carried on the flint-knapping industry. The walls of the buildings at the hill sites are stated to have been made of stone at the base, up to a height of 2 to 3 feet, the stone blocks being rough hewn and often laid with mud mortar. ‘The superstructure must have been built of mud and such perishable materials as reed and wood.’ Though no definite information is available, yet it is stated that the roof of these houses might have been made of reed and matting overlaid with mud. The dwellings in and around lake Manchhar were of different types. ‘The lake sites have yielded neither stones nor bricks.’ From this Mr. Majumdar concludes that ‘here the people lived in pile-dwellings, like the lake-dwellers of Europe, in the midst of the lake or close to the edge of water.’³