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History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c46.90

History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c46.90

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v2.c46.90

The late Mr. Mano Mohan Ganguly has taken very great pains to collect all known architectural terms still used by stone-cutters in Orissa. The terms used to denote the elevation of a *Vimāna* show that, though some of them are Sanskritic, the majority are modern vernacular and therefore cannot be older than the 13th century A. D.³