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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.c6.s20.25

Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v1.c6.s20.25

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(9) The Mahābhārata has “short but comprehensive account of the city of Dvārakā (i. 111, 15), Indra-prastha (i. 207, 30 f), the floating city (iii. 173,3), Mithilā (iii. 207,7), Rāvaṇa's Laṅkā (iii. 283,3 and 284,4,30), the sky-town (viii. 33, 19), and the ideal town (xv. 5, 16). In the Rāmāyaṇa we find nearly the same discriptions as those in this later part of the Epic (Mhb.).”

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