The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c7.294.5

v1.c7.294.5

Then would follow the era of domesticism, when men would build cottages and houses, less for purposes of defence, more for convenience, utility and comfort. Next in order, or perhaps simultaneously, would come sacred piles and monuments for the the dead, which would begin to separate architecture as a fine art from mere constructive ingenuity ; and prepare the way for palaces, towers and sacred edifices, temples, sanctuaries and public buildings, structures combining the vastness, grandeur, utility, simplicity and beauty of previous stages and gradually leading to the perfection of the art.