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.c13.1

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I take this opportunity to offer my respectful thanks to the Government of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, to whose generosity I owe the publication of this volume as also my three other books: *A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture*, *The Mānasāra* (Sanskrit Text) and *The Architecture of Mānasāra* (English Translation of the Text). For the arrangement I am indebted to the distinguished lovers and encouragers of Oriental scholarship, Sir Claude de la Fosse, c.i.e., m.a., d. litt., the then Director of Public Instruction and the first Vice-Chancellor of the reconstructed Allahabad University, and Dr. F. W Thomas, the Librarian of India Office, London For an encouragement I am indebted to Rai Rajeshwar Bali Sahib, o.b.e., the Minister of Education, Kunwar Jagdish Prasad, c.i.e., o.b.e, i.c.s., the Educational (now Chief) Secretary, and Mr. A. H. Mackenzie, m.a., b.sc., the Director of Public Instruction.