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A艣oka's palace at Pataliputra is described by Megasthenese as no
less magnificent than the palaces of Susa and Ekbatna. It was existing at
the beginning of the fifth century AD, when Fa-Hein tells us that it was
attributed to the work of genii. But by the time Huien Tsang visited the city,
the palace had been burnt to the ground and the place was almost
deserted Recent excavations have revealed the remains of a great hall,
with stone pillars. Some fragments of polished sandstone, and a few very
fine terracottas are in the Patna Museum.鲁
Palace architecture, unfortunately, in the Pur膩峁嘺s is not discussed
elaborately. The descriptions of palaces in the literacy works like V盲lmiki's
R膩m膩ya峁嘺, B膩峁嘺's Har峁�acarita and K膩dambar墨, S奴draka's Mrcchakatika,
Vidy膩pati's Kirtilat膩 and so many other works are very authentic
presentation of the palace architecture which is also corroborated by the
archaeological monuments.
MEANING OF THE PR膧S膧DA
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a pretentions
The Sanskrit word, pr膩s膩da generally denotes palace
mansion especially of several storeys. 4 In the R膩m膩ya峁嘺 palace and
ostentations buildings were classified variously as pr膩s膩das, vim膩nas,
harmyas, and saurdhas etc. Pr膩s膩da are described as Saptabhauma,
Astabhauma, and Anekabhauma. Palaces were crowned with domes or