Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v1.c3.10

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*Principal sources and arrangement of materials*—The sources drawn upon in this compilation may be classified under two divisions, namely, literary and archæological. The former includes all the known Vāstu-śāstras, mostly in manuscript, which are avowedly architectural treatises, such as the Mānasāra, etc. ; architectural portions of the Āgamas and the Purāṇas ; cognate portions of the Vedic and Classical literature, such as the Brāhmaṇas, the Sūtras ; the Epics, Kāvyas, Dramas, etc. The archæological records comprise all the inscriptions and other cognate matters published in the following series :—Epigraphia Indica (13 volumes), Indian Antiquary (44 volumes), Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum (2 volumes), Epigraphica Carnatica (12 volumes, in 15 parts), South Indian Inscriptions of Dr. E. Hultzsch, late Rai Bahadur V. Venkayya, and Rao Sahib H. Krishna Sastri (3 volumes, in 8 parts), General Sir A. Cunningham's Archæological Survey Reports (23 volumes), Archæological Survey, new Imperial series (vols. IV, XI, XII, XVIII, XXI, XXIII, XXIV, XXXIII, XXXIV), and Mysore Archæological Survey Reports.