The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s4.13

c14.s4.13

In the printed edition use has been made of five manuscripts in Sanskrit, which happen to be different recensions of *Bhūvanapradīpa*.¹³ The two other manuscripts used are copies of a book, entitled *Śilpipothi* in Oriya, which deals with the erection of thatched huts. Certain general matters regarding the selection of building sites, the classification of soils etc., are common to both the treatises. But the *Bhūvana-pradīpa* specialized in the architecture of temples. All the manuscripts appear to be quite recent in language and style.