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.c16.129

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In the *Mānasāra*, on the other hand, a very brief reference is made to an object resembling a theatre, to which Vitruvius has devoted several chapters (Book V, chapters III—IX). Vitruvius has not treated separately the royal palaces found in the *Mānasāra* (chapters XL—XLII), nor does the *Mānasāra* contain any account of his special buildings, such as ‘Forum and Basilica,’ ‘Treasury, Prison, and Curia,’ ‘Harbours and other buildings in water’ (Book V, chapters I, II, XII). Building materials, though frequently mentioned, are not described in the *Mānasāra* under separate chapters. Vitruvius has devoted some eight chapters (Book II, chapters III—X) to the subject of building-materials, namely, bricks (compare the *Mānasāra*, chapter XII, last part), sand (M. XII), lime (M. LI), Pozzolona, stone quarries (M. XV), timber (M. XV) and firs, called Supernas and Infernas, and the Apennines