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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.c47.3239

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.c47.3239

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v7.c47.3239

But on the last point, too, modern authorities hold different views. In discussing the styles of Indian architecture, Mr. Havell is of opinion (*Study of the Indian Civilization*, Preface) that they are Śiva and Vishṇu and not Northern and Southern, or the Indo-Aryan and the Draviḍian, as Fergusson and Burgess suppose to be (*cf.* *History of Ind. and East. Arch.*, 1910). The *Śilpā-śāstra* and the *Āgamas* seem to disagree to Havell’s theory nor do they wholly support the views of Fergusson and Burgess. The division proposed by Havell, being not geographical, may be systematically applied to religious architecture, while that adopted by Fergusson and Burgess being of a geographical nature, is more in agreement with the system of the *Śilpa-śāstras* than Havell’s division.

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