History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s12.14

v1.c19.s12.14

¹ According to Wilson the mantapam was begun in the second year of Tirumalai's reign, and completed in twenty-two years, at a cost of upwards of a million sterling. But one of the Oriental Historical Manuscripts states the cost of it at a lâkh of Pons or £20,000, and that it was finished in seven years, 1626-1633.