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Pucka, or burnt bricks are common among the debris, also pottery, but this is of the ordinary sort: I observed but few pucka bricks in the fortification on the west side. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

January 4th.—To-day was occupied by moving up into the village, in which we occupy a pucka house.

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

January 6th.—I walked this morning to a village, a mile to the west, in which there is a picturesque pucka house of religion. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

Some two stages from Delhi, after changing horses and proceeding on the journey along the pucka road, I fell into a doze, and at last into a sound sleep.

From A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 by Griffiths, Charles John

There's not much of it, but what there is is pucka!

From The Crystal Stopper by Leblanc, Maurice