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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) v6.c40.s8.1

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.s8.1

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The *Śulva-sūtras*, which are but the supplementary portions of the *Kalpa-sūtras*, treating of the measurement and construction of the different *vedis* or altars, furnish us with some interesting structural details of the *agnis*, the large altars built of bricks. The construction of these altars, which were required for the great *Soma* sacrifice, seems to have been based on sound scientific principles and was probably the precursor of the temple which later became the chief feature of Hindu architecture.

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