Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c43.31

c43.31

sandstone for the walls. Both these were obtained from quarries located some 35 miles southeast of the capital, and conveyed to their destination in blocks, partly by waterway and partly by road. The bricks were well made and kiln fired, the average measurements in inches being 10×5×2, a size which corresponds very nearly to those being used in Southern Europe at about the same date