. Indo-Aryans: contributions towards the elucidation of their ancient and mediaeval history. Caiitu VI., v., 43. 1 + Wilsons Ki^ \cila, II., 301. ; I., 162, 175, I\., [ 255 ] class or caste of men necessary for exclusive devotion tocarpentry. In Orissa, wooden stools and cane moras were, it seems,the ordinary form of raised seats. The mora is identical!)-of the same shape as is common now. Wooden stools appearunder different forms. Woodcut No. 93 exhibits a well-finished specimen: it occurs repeatedly on the Great Tower. But the most remarkable amongthe stools arc those wluch aremou
. Indo-Aryans: contributions towards the elucidation of their ancient and mediaeval history. Caiitu VI., v., 43. 1 + Wilsons Ki^ \cila, II., 301. ; I., 162, 175, I\., [ 255 ] class or caste of men necessary for exclusive devotion tocarpentry. In Orissa, wooden stools and cane moras were, it seems,the ordinary form of raised seats. The mora is identical!)-of the same shape as is common now. Wooden stools appearunder different forms. Woodcut No. 93 exhibits a well-finished specimen: it occurs repeatedly on the Great Tower. But the most remarkable amongthe stools arc those wluch aremounted on crossed legs, very-much like the folding camp-stools of the present day (wood-cuts Nos. 94 and 95); though,whether they were so made as^*^ ^^ to fold or not, it is of course impossible now to determine. Fold-stools like these are notunfrequently represented in the illuminations of mediaevalEuropean manuscripts, and formerly, when a bishop was re-quired to officiate in any but his own cathedral church,where his throne was erected, a folding stool was placedfor him in the church, and he frequentl}- carried one with himin his journeys. Among the ancient Egyptians an
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