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list is arranged according to the probable age of the 

 structures. 



Building. 



m Long Bricks. 



Dome Bricks. 









Con- 

 tents. 









Con- 

 tents. 



Length. 



Breadth, 



Thick. 



Face. 



Depth. 



Thick, 





in. 



in. 



— 



in. 



cub. in. 



. 



in. 



in. 



— , - 



in. 



cub. in. 



Maharama 





8-84 



2'83 



434 



10-77 



11-086 



2 95 



352c 



Sandagiri ... 

 Dagaba near 



17-14d 



8-67 



2-81 



418 



(lO'lO 



i roo 



3'0O)a 



333c 

















high-level 



















channel... 



17-16 



911 



2-85 



445 



None 









Yatthaia ... 



17-85 



8-64 



2-90 



447 



900 



12-46 



2-72 



305 



Mamik 



16-57 



8-86 



2-80 



411 



11-17 



11-56 



3-17 



399c 



Magama city 



14-12 



7-88 



2-34 



260 



None 









Dagaba near 



















river 



12-92& 



7-73 



2 34 



234 



None 









a One only. b Three only. c Radiated bricks. d Five only. 



The long bricks are termed riyan gadol, " cubit bricks 

 they vary much in their character, but those of the Maha- 

 rama and Yatthala dagaba seem to be of the best quality.* 

 All, except those at the dagaba near the river, have been 

 made on boards, and shaped in wooden moulds. Those at 

 the above dagaba have been moulded on the ground. It is 

 interesting to note that the long bricks used in the private 

 dwellings in the city were smaller than those at the other 

 dagabas — an indication of their nearer approach to dimen- 

 sions afterwards adopted, and thus of their more modern con- 

 struction. Those which I have termed "dome bricks" were 

 used in the superstructure of the dagaba, but not exclusively, 

 the long bricks being intermingled with them, probably to 

 improve the bond. It will be noticed that the sizes and 



* Unlike the Assyrian and Egyptian bricks, the proportions of which 

 are usually such that the breadth equals half the length, while the thick- 

 ness is one- third of the length, the long bricks at Magama have a breadth 

 very nearly equal to half their length, but the thickness is only one-sixth 

 of the length. Thus, the mean length for the four oldest dagabas is 

 17*37 inches, the breadth 8-81 inches, and the thickness 2-85 inches; 

 while the above proportions require a breadth of 8'68 inches, and a 

 thickness of 2-89 inches. (See Appendix, Note 3.) 



The mean length of side of the " dome bricks" is approximately two- 

 thirds of the length of the " cubit brick," a proportion found also in 

 Assyria and Babylonia in the case of square bricks. (Compare History 

 of Ancient Pottery by Dr. Birch, 1873, pp. 11, 77, and 93.) I have met 

 with no dimensions of Indian bricks which are the same as these. 



