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) v6.c37.62

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During the closing months of his governorship of the United Provinces, Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett, g.c.i.e., k.c.s.i., i.c.s., who had appreciated our oriental scholarship in other provinces also, happened to inspect a volume of *Hindu Architecture* in an exhibition. Since then he took a personal interest in the architecture of *Mānasāra* and declared at a function: 'As Professor of Sanskrit and Head of the Oriental Departments of the Allahabad University since 1922, and as Dean of the Faculty of Arts for two successive terms, your work has been of a high order. Your monumental work, the *Mānasāra* series, which constitute a complete and illustrated survey and encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology and Hindu Architecture, has been highly appreciated by eminent scholars all over the world. In recognition of your services in the promotion of Sanskrit scholarship and in the field of research, the title of "Mahāmahopādhyāya" has been conferred on you. I heartily congratulate you upon this well-merited distinction.' If his interest be supplemented by his successors in office it may be hoped that this series would ultimately attract the notice of the Indian public more effectively. The builders of this great country with its unrivalled achievements in science and arts may henceforth be induced to consult these volumes and to consider the advantages of adopting the architectural principles and methods of *Mānasāra*. On the eve of my own retirement this hope is a great consolation for me for my past 30 years’ continuous labour on this task and I shall ever remain grateful to Sir Maurice for his congratulation. It remains for me to record my gratitude, in addition to Sir Harcourt Butler and Mr. Harrop, to Lieut.-Col. R. S. Weir, C.I.E., who succeeded as Director of Public Instruction, for his uniform sympathy and encouragement. To Lieut.-Col. D. W. Crighton, O.B.E., the then Superintendent, Printing and Stationery, and Mr. M. G. Shome, his successor, and his staff I owe much more than I can adequately express. Words fail me to give vent to my feeling of gratitude to Lieut.-Col. Crighton, not only for his faultless technical production, but also for his personal assistance in the matter of revision and linguistic amendments; in gathering together photographs and drawings from the Governments of Java, Sumatra, Siam, and French Indo-China, and from the Provincial Superintendents of the Department of Archaeology of the Government of India; and in preparing the correct plan, elevations, and illustrations of the Svastika Mansion.