History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c29.s1.t3.2

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Aryans were not city dwellers but were known as destroyers of cities and were called Purāndara. But building activity must have been there and growth of ‘pattanas’, the port town. Rgvedic architects were pre-eminently carpenters and built houses with wood, bamboo, thatch etc.