History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c37.s1.t1.4

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In the time of *Ṛgveda*, Indra was said to have produced rain by piercing *masak* (skin water bag). In the Laws of Manu, the peculiar form of *dṛti* (skin water bag) with the four feet left intact is pointed out. According to the law books of Sankhya that water was declared pure which was kept in older leather bottles. The use of such word as *carmanta*, *carmapath*, *vastra*, *casabandha*, etc. in older Sanskrit work indicates that straps, bands, and strings of leather were in common use and sails were also made of leather.