Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.10

c8.10

The house had open spaces as an integral part of its lay-out called *Udara*, same as *angana* or *ajira*, court-yard, in later times. This was spacious in the female apartments called *Pratichi*, the back portion (*Pichhavada*) as contrasted with the front portion which was the *Sadas* itself. The *Rajakula* portion of an Indian palace, also known as *Antahpura* consisted of the female apartments or living quarters of the king and queens. In between the *Sadas* (the public hall) and the *Patnī-sadana* seems to have the site of the open courtyard where the *Havirdhāna* and *Agnisālā* were sited, corresponding to the temples in the later palaces.