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These discoveries of Dr. Gann and Professor Morley of the Carnegie Institute are of great historical interest. The dates on the monoliths have been deciphered. Dr. Gann himself places the beginning of the Maya chronology in 3381 B.C. But it is considered to be mythological. According to Spinder’s correlation the date on Dr. Gann’s monolith corresponds to October 26, A.D. 333. Maya Asura of the *Mahābhārata*, who built a wonderful hall for the king Yudhishṭhira, has been elaborately referred to above.¹ There are a number of manuscripts of the *Śilpa-śāstra* ascribed to Maya.² As an architect, Maya is mentioned in the *Purāṇas* and other Sanskrit works also.³

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit