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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) v7.c47.789

Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v7.c47.789

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**ISHṬAKA**—Brick, a building material, burnt (pakva, *Sāt. Brā.*, vi, 1, 2, 22 ; vii, 2, 1, 7), naturally perforated (svayamātṛiṇṇā, *Taitt. Sam.*, iv, 2, 9 ; 3, 2 ; etc., v, 2, 3), of all colours (*Taitt. Sam.*, v, 7, 8), circular (maṇḍalā, *Taitt. Sam.*, iv, 4, 5 ; v, 3, 9), cornerless (vikarṇi, *Taitt.*, v, 3, 7), conical (choḍā, *Taitt. Sam.*, iv, 4, 3), gold-headed or enamelled (vāmabhṛit, *Taitt. Sam.*, iv, 2, 9 ; v, 5, 3), pot-shaped (kumbhā, *Taitt. Sam.*, v, 6, 1). Thus the brick-laying was already a developed art in the age of the *Yajurveda* (1000 b.c.). But in 3000 b.c. burnt bricks were in use in Mohenjodaro, etc.

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