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Architecture of Manasara: Translated from Original Sanskrit

Architecture of Manasara: Translated from Original Sanskrit

$200.00

Acharya, Prasanna Kumar

Cl. New Delhi, 1980

Book ID: 766

Reprint of an English translation of eleven texts orig. pub. in 1934 . All aspects of architecture as taught and practised by ancient builders are set down here, including the chosing of their sites, measurement and proportion, analysis of soil, choice of materials and their remarkable attention to detail. Vols. IV and V of the 'Manasara Series.' Vol. IV:

793 pp. text, vol. V: Over 100 fold-out plates.