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# 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.c16.86

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.c16.86

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### [v2.c16.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v2.c16.86)

It should be observed that in the \*Mānasāra\* eight distinctive plans of villages, and some twenty-five varieties of commercial cities and military forts have been described with all details. In town-planning, the Indian authority has recommended almost all the suitable designs, square, rectangular, and polygonal.

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## Cites (1)

- [Mānasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.manasara) — Sanskrit

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