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.c13.3

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The first proof was turned out without diacritical marks which were not then available at Government Press. I owe to Mr. H. K. Ghosh, the Manager of the Indian Press, an arrangement by which their chief proof-reader, Mr. Ajit Kumar Banerji, put in these marks and has thereby earned my gratitude. To Dr. Meghanath Banerji, a great lover of our ancient store of knowledge and a versatile genius, I owe the revision of the second proof For many useful suggestions and improvements I am indebted to my esteemed colleague Professor H. N. Randle, m.a., d phil, who very readily and generously took the trouble of going through the whole book at the revision stage of the penultimate proof. To another colleague of mine, Pandit Kshetresh Chandra Chattopadhyaya, M.A, I owe an important reference, among other occasional assistance, recorded under note 1, page 198. I am thankful to one of our research scholars, Pandit Keshoram Pandya, M A, for selecting most of the words on which I have written notes under the Index.