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.c44.4

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The commitment of his predecessor had, however, to be carried out, and the Government, at the suggestion of again an Indian Adviser to the Governor, have since decided that after the realization of the full sum of money advanced by the Government for the cost of printing and publishing through the Oxford University Press, the further sale-proceeds, if there be any, will go to the successors of the writer. This is certainly a business arrangement. But the question of profits was not unfortunately considered when the first five volumes were published, for, the first two volumes published in 1927 actually gave a small profit to the Government of Rs. 300 to Rs. 400 despite the fact that only 250 copies were then published for circulation among scholars and that the prices of those volumes were fixed not as a business proposition, but merely to realize the cost of publication.