[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [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)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927) › v6.c40.s2.2 # 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.c40.s2.2 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.c40.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c40.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c40.s2.2) ‘The site is manifestly of a great city covering a vast area and containing many strata of successive buildings.’ By a careful comparison it has been found that the finds from Harappa and Mohenjo-daro belong to the same stage of culture and approximately to the same age, third to fourth millennium B. C. Peoples of both these places ‘were living in well-built cities and were in possession of a relatively mature culture with a high standard of art and craftsmanship and a developed system of writing.’¹ - [Previous: v6.c40.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c40.s2.1) - [Next: v6.c40.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c40.s2.3) - [Up: v6.c40.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c40.s2) ## Cites (2) - [Harappā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.harappa) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c40.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c40.s2.2) · Pramāṇa