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.c16.302
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.c16.302
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An empire in any case has been expressly recognised in the *Mānasāra*. It is clearly declared that the *empire* of the *Chakravartin* or universal monarch reaches as far as the four oceans.¹ So it must include the whole of India, divided into three divisions, Northern, Southern and Eastern, otherwise apparently known as Nāgara, Drāviḍa and Vesara, According to another classification, we have seen, this empire seems to have comprised ten kingdoms. But here the empire is stated to have nine kinds of rulers.