Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c48.16

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No one having even a cursory acquaintance with the contents of the S. S. will dispute its allocation to the Northern Vāstu-Vidyā as it is understood by the scholars like Dr. Bhattacharya who himself assigned this work to this branch. But apart from the regional and social considerations, I am inclined to say that the S. S. is the representative of the composite architecture of our land in which both the schools, though distinct and different in some respects in the beginning got themselves integrated to evolve neo-architecture. My contention regarding this fundamental aspect of the work will be amplified in the subsequent chapter of the Study (vide Prāsāda Part V).