Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c14.s8.1

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At Lothal generally mud-mortar was used as binding material in constructing residential buildings, the use of lime-mortar being limited to the construction of drains, baths, water chutes etc. Floor paved with baked-bricks were occasionally lime-plastered. In important buildings even the mud-brick floor was lime plastered. In the case of walls of the dock, mud mixed with lime has been freely used. The analysis of the mortar has shown that ordinary calcareous clay containing sand and silt was mixed with chaff for plastering walls. There is no trace of gypsum mortar at Lothal, though it was used at Mohenjo-Daro. (Rao, 73)