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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.c41.s14.1
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Brahma-deśa, as the term would indicate, was situated in the Brahma-sthāna, or the centre of the then world. It is bounded on the west by India, on the north by China, on the east by Siam, and on the south by the Indian Ocean. In the historical period, Burma formed part of Siam and was inhabited by the same races of people. Burma was first of those countries which adopted the religion of Gautama Buddha at a very early period. It 'borrowed also many of the Indian forms of architecture,' probably from the Lower Bengal Provinces, which have become extinct in the land of their origin and present difficulty in explaining the differences.²