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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.s9.4

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.s9.4

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¹ This type of capital is, however, found in the Śrī Yajña cave at Nāsik, in the courtyard of Viśvakarma at Elora, cave twenty-four in Ajanta, Hindu caves at Elora, at Eran of the Gupta period (about A. D. 400 to 600). Afterwards it became almost universal with the Jains till the advent of the Muhammadans. Compare Fergusson, *ibid*, pp. 298, 300, wood-cut no. 165, 166, 167.