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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.c47.7160

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.c47.7160

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v7.c47.7160

‘In addition to recording the name of Guṇḍa as the builder of the temple, this inscription (no. 99), as also the next (no. 100) seems to be intended to record the re-admission into caste of the artisans of the locality, who had been outcasted for some act which is not stated. The purport of this portion hinges entirely upon the meaning to be given to the word baḷḷigavārte (in nos. 99 and 100).’