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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.c41.s14.39

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.s14.39

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⁵ The ancient Suvarṇa-Bhūmi, Golden Chersonese of classical geographers, situated on the Sittang River, about 40 miles north of Martaban, destroyed in A.D. 1050 by Anaurahtā, King of Pegu (*Phœnix*, Vol. II, pp. 204 *et seq.*, *J. A. S. B.*, Vol. XLII, pp. 23 *et seq.*, Fergusson, *loc. cit.*, Vol. II, pp. 357–358). But Sumatra is better known as Suvarṇa Bhūmi.

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