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The articles of furniture, which form an important part of the architectural subjects, are also elaborately described in the Buddhist literature. Benches were made long enough to accommodate three persons.⁴ The bedstead (*pallaṅka*), or divan, was a separate piece or furniture.¹ Large couches (*āsandi*), or chairs, seem to have been important articles of furniture.² Couches covered with canopies are also mentioned.³ Mention is made of a large variety of chairs, namely, rectangular chair (*āsandako*), arm-chair, sofa (*sattaṅgo*), sofa with arms to it, state chair (*bhadda-pīṭhaṃ*), cushioned chair (*pīṭhikā*), chair raised on a pedestal (*elaka-padaka-pīṭhaṃ*), chair with many legs (*āmalakavaṇṭika-pīṭhaṃ*), leaning board (*phalakaṃ*), cane-bottomed chair (*kochchhaṃ*) and straw-bottomed chair.⁴ Mention is also made of the litter or sedan-chair.⁵