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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.s16.t1: Dong Duong Group

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.s16.t1

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Dong Duong Group

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The general plan of the Dong Duong temples appears to illustrate the design described in the *Mānasāra* and other *Śilpa-śāstras*. The whole compound is divided into four main courts. The outermost court, like all the rest, had an entrance porch on the east, preceded by two columns. Buildings in all the courts are mostly in ruins. In the third court there is a single hall with two side entrances. The second court contains a long chamber. In the first, or innermost court, is situated the main shrine of cross shape (i.e. *svastika* in plan) surrounded by four sanctuaries. There is, in front, an imposing building (*mukha-maṇḍapa*) with four bays. There are also two other temples and two residential blocks. The whole court is enclosed by a wall, with a porch on the east.

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Cham Temple of Du’o’ng Long

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ANGKOR VAT

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From the inscriptions it appears that ‘ the ruins at Dong Duong are those of a Buddhist temple and monastery, built by king Jayavarman in A.D. 875,’ and that ‘ the temple was situated within the town of Indrapura, which was at that time the capital of Champa, and that the widowed queen of Indravarman, named Haradevī Rājakula, installed many gods and goddesses within the temple area. The actual discovery of Buddhist images among the ruins of the temple also demonstrate the Buddhist character of the building.’¹

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¹ Majumdar, *loc. cit.*, Vol. I, p. 250 ; *vide* Parmentier, Plates XCVIII, *et seq.*

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