Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.3

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² Compare for instance a description of Jaipur, ‘The plan of the city of Jaipur is especially interesting...for this city is one of those which have not grown up irregularly by gradual accretion : it was laid down at its foundation on a scientific plan according to the traditions of Hindu city-builders and the direction of their canonical books called the Silpasastras... The city leans upon the neighbouring hill, defended by the Nahargarh Fort, its main streets running approximately from East to West and North to South, following the directions laid down in the Silpasastras’. Havall, Indian Architecture, 217. For the durability of Hindu buildings compare the account of Timur who bears testimony to the fact that they lasted from five to seven hundred years. Vide M., 304-5. Also see E.D., I, 329 for an ancient fire temple of unburnt bricks, two yards long and broad and one span thick, in Sind, which existed intact in the time of the author of the narrative. Compare also Tod, III, 1313 (note) for ancient burnt bricks of Sehwan in Sind.