Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c55.35

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It may be remarked here that the Palace Architecture, like the Temple Architecture has got an unbroken tradition behind it, Dr. V. S. Agarwala, (vide his Harṣacarita-Eka-Sāmskṛtika Adhyayana, Appendix 1) maintains that the planning of the Royal palaces has had a code of stereotyped canons, meticulously adhered to, right from the age of the Epics (vide the palaces of King Daśaratha and Prince Rāma as described in Vālmīki's Rāmāyaṇa) down to the palaces of Moghal Emperors like Akabar and Shahjahan (see Fort at Delhi). It is in relation to Bāṇabhaṭṭa's descriptions of the royal palace of Emperor Harṣa that the learned Doctor has propounded a learned thesis with a ful-fledged background of the palace-architecture in ancient India kept in tact in early and later medieval periods of Indian History.