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*Principal sources and arrangement of materials*—The sources drawn upon in this compilation may be classified under two divisions, namely, literary and archaeological. The former includes all the known *Vāstu-śāstras*, mostly in manuscript, which are avowedly architectural treatises, such as the *Mānasāra*, etc.; architectural portions of the *Āgamas*, and the *Purāṇas*, cognate portions of the Vedic and classical literature, such as the *Brāhmaṇas*, the *Sūtras*, the Epics, *Kāvyas*, dramas, etc. The archaeological records comprise all the inscriptions and other cognate matters published in the following series : *Epigraphia Indica* (first 13 volumes) ; *Indian Antiquary* (first 44 volumes) ; *Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum* (2 volumes) ; *Epigraphia Carnatica* (12 volumes, in 15 parts) ; *South Indian Inscriptions* of Dr. E. Hultzsch, late Rai Bahadur V. Venkayya, and Rao Sahib H. Krishna Śāstri (3 volumes, in 8 parts) ; General Sir A. Cunningham's *Archaeological Survey Reports* (23 volumes) ; *Archaeological Survey*, New Imperial Series (Vols. IV, XI, XII, XVIII, XXI, XXIII, XXIV, XXXIII, XXXIV) ; and Mysore *Archaeological Survey Reports* (Vols. I, II, III), [Serindia, by Sir Aurel Stein ; Report on Archaeological Tour with Bunar Field Force (1900), by Stein ; Ancient Khotan (Vols. I, II), by Stein, Ville de Khotan, by Remusat ; L'Art de Gandhara, by M. Foucher ; Notes Chinoise, by M. S. Levi ; Fa-hien's Travels, by Legge ; Asiatic Researches (Vols. I—XIV) ; Marco Polo (Vols. I, II), by Yule ; Ancient Colonies in the Far East, by R. C. Mazumdar ; History of Siam, by Wood ; History of Burma, by Phare ; Inventaire Descriptif des Monuments Chams de L'Annam (Vols. I, II), by M. H. Parmentier ; Cambodge (Vols. I, II, III), by E. Aymonier ; Le Cambodge, by M. L. Delaparte ; Java and Her Neighbours, by A. S. Walcott ; De Sutrantraasche Period der Javansche Geschiedenis (1922), by Krom ; Bijdragen tot-de Taal-Land en Volken-Kunde van Nederlandsche Indie (1918); Buddhist Records, translated by Bill ; History of Art in Persia, by Perrot and Chipiez ; Etudes Iraniennes, by Darmesteter ; Scritores rerum Alexandri Magni, by C. Müller ; Architectural Remains : Anuradhapur (Ceylon), by Smitter; etc.¹].