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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) v7.c47.3062

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) v7.c47.3062

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v7.c47.3062

(10) ‘We may examine the general plan of a Hindu city . . . it had high, perhaps concentric, walls about it, in which were watch-towers. Massive gates, strong doors¹ protected chiefly by a wide bridge moat, the latter filled with crocodiles and armed with palings, guarded the walls. The store-house was built near the rampart. The city was laid out in several squares.¹ The streets were lighted with torches.² The traders and the king's court made this town their residence. The farmers lived in the country, each district guarded if not by a tower modelled on the great city, at least by a fort of some kind. Out of such fort grew the town. Round the town as round the village, was the common land to some distance' (later converted into public gardens, as we see in the *Mudrārākshasa*).

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