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.s15.3

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.s15.3

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This ancient Siam is known from the epic tradition of the *Rāmāyaṇa* in connexion with the search for Sītā, stolen by Rāvaṇa; from the Buddhist tradition of Asoka and Kanishka having sent missionaries for propagation of Buddhism; from the inscriptions discovered in Champa and Cambodia; from the Siamese chronicles; from the annals of Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Java; from the Chinese records and Japanese documents; and, lastly, from the accounts left by the Chinese and European travellers.¹

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit