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Vitruvius, in the Doric, Corinthian, and Tuscan orders, makes no mention of pedestals, and in the Ionic order he seems to consider them rather as a necessary part in the construction of a temple than as belonging to the order itself (Book V, Chapter VII). In the *Mānasāra* twelve kinds of pedestals are described with detailed measurements of the various mouldings of each pedestal. A comparison of these, with similar details of pedestals, quoted in full in the writer’s *Encyclopaedia* from European authorities other than Vitruvius, makes it clear that the Indian pedestals surpass the Græco-Roman in variety, beauty of proportion, and the richness of ornaments.