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Some of these great structures might have been used also as collegiate *maṭhas* of the Brahmans, with provision for accommodation for the numerous students and teachers.⁵ Fergusson speaks highly on the perfection of the ancient roads and bridges. ‘One great trunk road seems to have stretched for 300 miles across the country from Korat, in a south-easterly direction, to the Me-kong river. It was a raised causeway, paved throughout like a Roman Road, and every stream that it crossed was spanned by a bridge, many of which remain perfect to the present day.’¹