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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) v2.c11: Indian Architecture According to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra

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) v2.c11

- **Language:** English

### Indian Architecture According to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra

### [v2.c11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c11.1)

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BY PRASANNA KUMAR ACHARYA, I.E.S. M.A. (CALCUTTA), Ph.D. (LEIDEN), D.Lit. (LONDON), University Professor of Sanskrit, Allahabad.

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PUBLISHED BY THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON    NEW YORK    BOMBAY CALCUTTA    MADRAS

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“What the learned world demand of us in India is to be quite certain of our data, to place the monumental record before them exactly as it now exists, and to interpret it faithfully and literally.”

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