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.s32.574
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.s32.574
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Compare its details—" Total length of outer inclosure is 228 feet....The law of geometrical proportion is thus seen to govern the entire Hindu Kutb structure; from the size and the disposition of the inclosures which bound it down to the spacing of the ornamental bands that adorn its gates, every important feature is subject to the great law. But where is the law that governs the Muhammadan structures? They (the Muhammadans) designed like giants, and their Hindu workmen 'finished like jewellers'; but from the giant killed by Jack, right through the whole genus, giants have hitherto been noted only for supreme stupidity, combined with immense strength” (ibid. p. 56-57).