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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.s22.4

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.s22.4

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In point of time, the earliest reference appears to have been the passage in the *Rāmāyaṇa*, according to which the King Sugrīva, the friend and ally of Rāmachandra, is stated to have sent out search parties in quest of Sītā, among other places to the island of Java (Yavadvīpa) also. The exact dating of this passage is not possible, although the *Rāmāyaṇa* itself is an earlier composition than the other epic, *Mahābhārata*, the kernal portion of which must have been composed before 500 to 600 B.C. The Greek astronomer Ptolemy, who wrote his geography in the second century A.D., refers to this island as Jabadieu.

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