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.c44.26

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I take this occasion to record my most respectful thanks to the Government of the United Provinces for generously advancing the cost of publication of all the seven volumes. My respectful acknowledgments are also due to the Government of India, especially to the Department of Archaeology whose Directors General and Provincial Superintendents very generously supplied all the necessary photographs of the extant monuments and reprints from the Government publications. I also take this opportunity to express my indebtedness to the Governments of Siam, Netherlands (Java and Sumatra), and French Indo-China for supply of photographic views of Indian monuments in Insulindia and for permission to reprint certain plates from their official publications. Mr. S. C. Mukerjee, B.A., C.D., A.R.C., A.I.I.A., and his draughtsmen have supplied all the measured drawings and the plates for the illustration of certain objects of which no extant examples are available. These drawings and plates had to be prepared from the description found in the texts and required great skill in representation. Thus they have earned my gratitude.