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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.c47.7277

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.c47.7277

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v7.c47.7277

(16) Mr. Sewel after quoting a number of theories on the origin of the symbol, namely, of General Cunningham (*Edinburg Review*, January, 1870), Rev. Haslam (*The Cross and the Serpent*, 1849), Mr. Brinton (*Myths of the New World*), Dr. J. G. Müller (*Geschichte der Amerikanischen Urreligionen*, p. 497), and of Mr. Baldwin (*Ancient America*, New York, 1879, p. 186), says ‘for myself, I boldly range myself under Mr. Thomas’s Sun-standard.’—(*Ind. Ant.*, Vol. x, p. 202, c. 1, line 6.)

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