The Hindu Temple v1.c7.s1.65

v1.c7.s1.65

From the sixth century A.D. onwards, the time of the compilation of the earliest preserved treatises on architecture, stone is one of the accepted materials.³⁹ It has its ritual which is partly identical and partly analogous to that of the bricks, a well defined destination, and due consideration is given to its own nature.⁴⁰