The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c7.330

v1.c7.330

Nor are documentary evidences wanting to support this conclusion. In the Grammar of Pāṇini, which was composed, according to Dr. Goldstucker, between the 9th and the 11th centuries before Christ,¹⁹ we find the derivations given of such words as *iṣṭaka* (bricks), *stambha* (pillars), *bhāskara* (sculptors), *aṭṭālikā* (buildings), &c., and they cannot but imply the existence of brick and stone buildings at the time and for some time previously.