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.c39.202
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) v6.c39.202
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Countries or nations deprived of a sense of beauty and youth for some reason or other could not give rise to many fine arts. While in the full bloom of her youth and beauty Africa, for instance, could think of erecting monumental pyramids and dream of devisiug means to preserve the perishable dead bodies in the form of mummies; but since life and love have been taken out of her, there has been no artistic effort or expression in any way. The Grecian statuary no longer shows its former life and vigour, beauty and youth. The famous colossal buildings at Borobudur were built but once. The weavers of Bengal, who once manufactured the finest muslin in the world, could no longer be induced to produce even *khādi*.