Construction Technologies 

Plan
Temples are usually freestanding, square structures, on top of a high square plinth. Once again, the shape of the temples varied depending upon the deity, the temple was dedicated to. For example, the square plans with opening on all sides were adopted for the temples of Lord Shiva.

Palaces are built around square courtyards. All of the individual buildings around the courtyard were joined together making them appear as a single large structure. Numbers of such courtyards were again connected together making a big palace complex. Floor levels were supported by closely placed wooden  planks and beams. The roof coverings were provided on top of the wooden frames, which were supported directly on the walls with the help of wooden planks that project out from the walls..

Foundation and walls
The foundation provided for all the structures was quite shallow. The basic foundation for small temples had just a few layers of stone (large pebbles or broken stones) and the brick foundation wall on top of it. These brick foundation walls gradually reduce the thickness to attain the ground floor wall thickness. For the bigger structures, the foundations were two to three feet deep and about two feet wide. The trenches were filled up with stones for the foundation and the brick walls were laid directly over the stone without providing any vapor barrier.

The plinth was not the part of the foundation, but it was added in front of the brick wall to appear as the part of the foundation. The plinth was just extended and raised in front of the ground floor wall as a protection from the penetration of the moisture from the ground. The plinth also made the building look more stable and it appeared to lift the structure above the ground level.
The stepped, high plinths were provided for the aesthetic purposes, rather than the structural purposes. But the structure of these stepped plinths is still unknown. It has not yet been ascertained whether these plinths are just a hugh masonry square filled with soil, or a hillock of brickwork.

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Brickwork
Fire burnt bricks and mud mortar was used for most of the buildings. Depending on the financial standing of the owner or the importance of the building, different types of bricks were used. For the Palaces and the Temples a simple brick wall was provided for the structure purpose, and an oil-glazed brick layer was provided for the external face.Wall thickness varied considerably and there seems to be no standard dimension. Generally, the thickness varied from on foot to two feet thick, but the walls of certain temples and the palaces are up to six feet thick.