[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [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)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927) › v2.c13.28 # 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.c13.28 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.c13.28 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c13.28) ⁴ “ It seems likely that, as the ribs were of bamboo and were probably fixed in the ridge, the roof was wagon-headed, like the huts of the Todas at the present day (see illustrations of rivers, \*The Todas\*, pp. 25, 27, 28, 51), and the rock-cut Chaityas or Assembly halls of the Buddhists in Western India, in some of the earliest of which the wooden ribs of the arched roof are still preserved. See Fergusson, \*History of Indian Architecture\* II, 135, cf. 126.” - [Previous: v2.c13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c13.27) - [Next: v2.c13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c13.29) - [Up: v2.c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c13.28) · Pramāṇa