[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [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)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927) › v2.c16.393 # 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.c16.393 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.c16.393 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c16.393](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.393) The discovery of the Bengal manuscript written in Gupta hand has assigned the \*Skanda-Purāṇa\* to the middle of the seventh century on palæographical grounds.¹ Many other early quotations from, or references to, the \*Purāṇas\* have been collected by Bühler, who points out that the account of the future kings in the \*Vāyu\*, \*Vishṇu\*, \*Brahmāṇḍa\* and \*Matsya Purāṇas\* seems to stop with the imperial Guptas and their contemporaries.² - [Previous: v2.c16.392](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.392) - [Next: v2.c16.394](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.394) - [Up: v2.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16) ## Cites (5) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.393](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.393) · Pramāṇa