History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c30.s3.46
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c30.s3.46
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The city wall was 3.35m in thickness and 3m in extant height, both faces built of burnt brick and the core filled with brick-bats and mud. The introduction of semi-circular bastions is an intriguing feature. This place was identified as Paundravardhan, the capital of the Varendra kingdom and its antiquity went back to the 4th century B.C. But its close association with the Guptas is indicated by numerous coins of Candra Gupta II and Kumaragupta, as well as by the ruins of a temple of the Gupta period (CUNN, XV, 104-117 and ANRSI, 1928-29, 1930-34, p. 128).