An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s18.t1.3

v1.c9.s18.t1.3

One notices for the first time after the end of the Harappa culture [4.9] the use of mud brick (SONPUR) and burnt brick (CAMPĀ) in the earliest exposed levels of the NBPW. However the *stūpa* built on Buddha’s relics at VAIŚĀLĪ [2.8] was a small one of mud. Whether the cities had special quarters or lanes for particular groups of artisans or not (as the *Jātakas* do suggest for Varanasi), one cannot miss the significance of the discovery of a large number (more than a dozen) of jeweller’s stone moulds from the early NBPW strata in one small trench at CAMPĀ, famous for its jewellery in early Buddhist and Jaina literature.