Any evidence for monastic buildings in the early Suttas?

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@Senryu, @cdpatton

Bhante @sujato discusses archeology, Schopen and similar academics, and EBTs here.

A Higher Criticism of Archeology

Note: Accompanying my book Sects & Sectarianism I wrote a series of short articles on related matters. I recently came across these, tidied them up, and present them here for your enjoyment. The canonical texts are entirely silent about Aśoka, and do not authorize his interference in the Sangha. This is one of the basic reasons why early generations of Buddhist scholars concluded they were in the main completed before Aśoka. This seems to have escaped certain modern scholars who regard any su…

His arguments may be of value for this topic as well