History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c12.s1.t6.12

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“One has a mental picture of some hundreds of persons at work, some carrying fuel or support timber in, and ore and rock waste out, probably using baskets carried on the head, with others conveying water in a similar way. ... specialised skilled men would include the fire-setters and timber men who constructed morticed ladders and steps etc.”