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Kālidāsa’s references to the furniture articles are copious. Several kinds of furniture items like thrones, high seats, benches, bedstead, boxes etc., are mentioned in his kavyas (Upadhyaya, 1947, pp. 214-216). Siṃhāsana (Raghu, VI. 6), the throne of the king was made of gold with set gems. There were also other seats made of gold and of precious stones which ought to have been the property of the rich (Raghu VI.4; VII. 28). There is also reference to beautiful seats made of ivory covered (*Raghu*, XVII. 21) with white covers. Again *Bhadrapīṭha* or *Bhadrāsana* was another kind of seat in circular or rectangular shape (*Raghu*, IV.; See also Gopinatha Rao, 1. p.20).