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.c47.7299

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In the Roman Catacombs the svastika occurs not frequently, as a Christian symbol in Roman mosaic work in England, France, Spain and Algeria. It is abundant on pottery, ornaments, and weapons of Roman-British and Anglo-Saxon times, and of corresponding periods in Scotland, Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark. A sepulchre was found in Norfolk and another preserved at Cambridge, bear the svastika in continuous lines. A whole row of svastika surrounds the pulpit of St. Ambrose at Milan; it is seen also on wall paintings at Pompeii, on ancient Athenian and Corinthian vases and in the large Mosaic in the royal garden at Athens. It is also found in Hungary, China and Japan where it is frequently used as a potters’ marks (*Ind. Ant.*, Vols. Ⅶ and ⅩⅣ). Clothes used in Spain for covering the trays, were bordered with the svastika only for ornamentation. Professor Max Müller found it in Bishop’s Island near Konigswalde on the right bank of the *Oder*, near Guiben. It is seen also on a celtic Urn found at Shropham in Norfolk and now in the British Museum. The form of it ([Figure: 𖢯]) known as the double sun snake of Scandinavia has been found on pottery in the Island of Cyprus, specimen of which is in the Museum of St. Germain in France. Svastika has also been found on a Christian tomb with a Latin inscription, discovered in 1879 at Rome. It is most rare and common in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. A stock bearing the date 1809 in the Norwegian Museum in Stockholm is covered with svastikas of the double sun snake type ([Figure: 𖢯]).