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.c16.399
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.c16.399
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At the time of the composition of the *Mānasāra* the memory of the first seven Gupta princes seems to have been fresh in the minds of the people. An expression *gupta-viṁśa* has been used in the *Mānasāra* ¹ to imply *sapta-viṁśa* or seven and twenty. *Gupta* in the sense of *seven* seems to have been coined in the *Mānasāra*. Perhaps it was due to the great fame and some patronage to the *Mānasāra* of the early Gupta princes consisting principally of seven kings. For after the death of Skandagupta in 480 A.D., the seventh king of the dynasty, the empire broke up: the next princes, Puragupta Prakāśāditya and Narasiṁhagupta Bālāditya being but chiefs.