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It is true that the Rigveda does not provide us details of the inner layout of these forts, but surely the text was not meant to be a treatise on Vastusastra. May it be remembered that it is essentially a compilation of prayers to gods and should be looked at as such. All the evidence that it provides regarding the material culture of the then people is only incidental.

B. B. Lal

B. B. Lal

B. B. Lal

Born: May 2, 1921

Died: September 10, 2022 (aged 101)

Bio: Braj Basi Lal, better known as B. B. Lal, was a renowned Indian archaeologist. He was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1968 to 1972 and has served as Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla.

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