CHAP. VI.CHAP. VII.ENGINEERING.
- Engineering taught by the Brahmans [464]
- Rude methods of labour [464]
- Military engineering unknown [465]
- Early attempts at fortification [465]
- Fortified rock of Sigiri [465]
- Forests, their real security [466]
- Thorns planted as defences [466]
- Bridges and ferries [466]
- Method of tying cut stone in forming tanks [467]
- Tank sluices [467]
- Defective construction of these reservoirs [467]
- The art of engineering lost [468]
- The "Giants' Tank" a failure [468]
- An aqueduct formed, A.D. 66 [469]