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) v7.c44.24

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What remains to be added refers to further instances of the 'freak of fortune.' Under the war conditions of 1914-18 the work was commenced and under the present devastating war conditions it is completed. Among various other disappointments it is painful to recall that in April, 1939, Lt.-Col. D. W. Crighton took to England about 250 pages manuscripts of the present volume and after the declaration of the war in the fateful month of September, the Colonel wrote that he would send back the manuscripts together with his suggestions for printing. His suggestions were received and have been followed but the original manuscripts never came back. They had to be prepared again with all the annoyance and labour involved in such a process. Some of the new entries and additions and alterations made in the missing pages during the past twelve years may have been, however, lost altogether. Those who work along this line may share the writer's disappointment and will recognize the fact that it is hardly possible for a writer to re-write an article in the same spirit, with the same fulness and satisfaction as at the first inspiration.