Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c48.s2.2

v1.c48.s2.2

*N. B.*—As regards Temple-architecture—this text expounds this subject according to both the famous schools of Indian Architecture viz. the Nāgara and Drāviḍa. The Śilpratna, as already remarked is comparatively a modern manual, hence by its time both the styles of temple-architecture were fully developed. Naturally this subject is not very haphazardly treated. The treatement of the subjet in chapters 14-43 is alright The two chapters in the end of the 1st pt. i e. Sandhikarma and Citralakṣaṇa though apparently ill-arranged, nevertheless justify their grouping in the context of temple-architecture where Sandhikarm with esp. ref. to timber and the painting on the walls are justified.