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.s25.264
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.s25.264
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If taken in this sense, the buildings and plans of towns opened out at Mohenjo-daro in Sindh and Harappā in the Punjab, which may go back to 3000 B.C. or even earlier, cannot yet be classified properly under Hindu architecture of later centuries until at least the scripts, the language, and the contents of the inscriptions have been deciphered, although, as stated above, the general plans and designs may bear a comparison with those described in the *Mānasāra*.²
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- Mānasāra — Sanskrit
- Harappā
- Mohenjo-daro