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.c47.3229

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.c47.3229

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‘The Ionic order, at first chiefly confined to the states of Asia Minor, appears to have been coeval with the Doric order.’—(Gwilt., *Encycl.*. Art. 153). ‘That species, of which the Ionians (inhabitants, of Ion) were the inventors, has received the appellation of Ionic.’—(*Vitruvius*, Book iv, Chap. 1.)

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De architectura — Vitruvius Pollio, Latin