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.c16.153

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The other land-mark may perhaps be supplied by the following thesis admitted by Leiden University. "There seems to have been a relation of indebtedness between the *Mānasāra*, on the one hand, and on the other hand, the architectural portions of the *Agni-purāṇa*, the *Garuḍa-purāṇa*, the *Matsya-purāṇa* and the *Bhavishya-purāṇa*, the *Kāmikāgama*, the *Suprabhedāgama*, and the *Brihat-saṁhitā*." The reasons for and the arguments in favour of such a belief have been discussed in great detail elsewhere,² and need not be repeated here. For further scrutiny and more minute comparison, the *Brihat-saṁhitā* of Varāhamihira, one of the nine gems¹ at the court of a mythical Vikramāditya, is selected. Professor Kern has given a probable date, 550 A. D., to the *Bṛihat-saṁhitā*. The ages of the *Purāṇas* and the *Āgamas* mentioned in the thesis are more conjectural.