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.s17.t3.3

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‘The palace enclosure, situated in the centre of the city, measured about 2,000 feet by 800 feet and was surrounded by a double wall, with moat between. In front of the palace enclosure was a great terrace over 800 feet long by 45 feet wide, and 15 feet high, the walls of which were sculptured with elephants. No traces of walls of any description have been found in front of this terrace, suggesting that it formed an open space where reviews took place before the king and his courtiers on the terrace. At the north end of this square is a cruciform (*svastika*) structure, about 30 feet wide and 60 feet long, richly decorated, with six bands of sculptured figures, and it was on the top of this that the French explorers found the supposed statue of the leprous king¹ to whom the monument was ascribed.’²