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⁴ Similar resemblance of Kashmir pillars with the Grecian Doric order has been recognized (Fergusson, *loc. cit.*, II, p. 389). It has been shown that the five Indian orders described in the *Śilpa-śāstras*, *Purāṇas*, and *Āgamas* are similar to the five Greek-Roman orders in respect of proportion and mouldings (*vide* the writer's *Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture*, under Stambha).
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- Śvetāmbara Āgama — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
- Purāṇa — Sanskrit
- Viśvakarmaśilpa — Viśvakarman, Sanskrit