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# An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.116

An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.116

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### [v2.c40.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.116)

The clay for the manufacture of myriads of bricks required for the buildings was dug up from the local alluvial soil, which left a large number of water reservoirs, many of them now dried up. Some of them are referred to by Hiuen Tsang.

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