Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c11.3

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It is a difficult subject to be treated in a single chapter. Master writers have expounded this subject in voluminous works. Pens of the renowned Indologists like Havell, Furgussen and Coomarswamy have simply marvelled in unravelling the mysteries of Indian art. Dr. Acharya's monumental works have presented the literary side of the subject. Dr. Bhattacharya's 'A study on Vāstuvi dyā' is a notable dissertation. This is only a very short notice of the previous writers on the subject. My attempt therefore here in this chapter is not to take notice of all these previous writers to make any advancement on the subject, but to co-ordinate their results in the context of my studies on the Vāstuśāstra to present the systematized canons of Indian architecture in a limited space so that the whole study may become a compact whole. This is rather very ambitious. Nevertheless an attempt is worth-making.