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.c16.379
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.c16.379
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⁴ There is no reference in the Mānasāra either to cave-temples or rock-cut pillars. Nor have free pillars like those of Asoka been specially described in the Mānasāra. There is no reason to think that an author who gives particulars of all sorts of buildings found all over the country should have remained entirely ignorant of these wonderful architectural objects. Their omission seems to have been due to this: the Mānasāra is not an history of architecture. It is a guide book and was intended to help professional architects. Architectural objects like the cave-temples, rock-cut pillars and free pillars had no more use for architects, presumably because they had become out of date at the time of the Mānasāra