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None of these characteristics seems to be applicable in its entirety to the buildings described in the *Mānasāra*. Spires or *śikhara* and *śikhā* as well as the *kalaśa* or domes are the chief characteristic features of the buildings described in it. These seven characteristics would point to the antiquated period of structural architecture. And Cunningham himself admits the fact :