What can we learn about architecture in Bangladesh from Hiuen Tsang?
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Secular architecture From the available information, albeit inadequate, it is now known that in neolithic-chalcolithic Bengal there were settled habitations with permanent structures at sites like dihar (Bankura district). The structures were rudimentary wattle-and-daub constructions with beaten earth flooring. The early historic period witnessed the sprouting of a number of urban centres at sites like mahasthan (Bogra district) in Bangladesh and in West Bengal at Bangarh (Dinajpur district), chandraketugarh (24 Parganas district), mangalkot (Burdwan district), Pokharna and Dihar. Traces of mud ramparts, noticed at several of these sites, may suggest that an early Bengal city often contained an acropolis. The very limited nature of evidence is a major impediment for understanding civil construction. Apparently, mud, bamboo and timber, and, occasionally, burnt bricks, were used for building houses. Terracotta drainpipes and ring wells were also found. During the succeeding periods, represented by sites like Bangarh and Mahasthan, the houses became more and more complex, with a simultaneous increase in the use of burnt bricks.