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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.s25.18

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.s25.18

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v6.c41.s25.18

‘The whole Maya remains as discovered show,’ declares Professor Elliot Smith, ‘the closest possible relation with the civilization as it existed in Java and South-East Asia to what has been found in Yucatan. There is nothing in my mind that suggests that the form of civilization is indigenous, and I should be inclined to hold that the temples at Java were the prototypes of what has been found in Yucatan.’