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.s25.255
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.s25.255
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'An artistic tradition in Hindu India carried from generation to generation as a caste craft and going back to over 2000 years, and responsible for many wonderfully magnificent structures, presents a record of which any civilization can be proud. The Turks and Persians conquered Northern India from after A.D. 1000, and they brought some new ideas with the Muhammadan religion they professed. But they themselves became Indianized, and the great Islamic culture and art they brought merged into the Indian one, only to cause it to seek out a new path of development which culminated into the great Taj Mahal at Agra—a gem of Mogul architecture.'