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loose a dangerous elephant to destroy him. In his mad onslaught, the elephant trampled a man, but when he faced the Buddha he knelt down at his feet (Fig. 166). This medallion from Amaravati shows the mastery of Indian sculptors in depicting elephants. Incidentally, it also conveys to us an idea of architecture during the Buddhist period. The lower parts of houses were made of stones or bricks. Multi-storeyed houses were common in towns, and they had beautifully carved wooden balconies from which women watched royal processions and street scenes.