Essay name: Architectural data in the Puranas
Author:
Sharda Devi
Affiliation: Himachal Pradesh University / Department of History
This essay studies ancient Indian architectural science as found in technical treatises and the Puranas, with special reference to the Matsya, Garuda, Agni and Bhavishya Puranas. These texts detail ancient architectural practices, covering temple and domestic designs, dimensional specifications, and construction rules.
Chapter 1 - Introduction
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See also BSP, 172 4-7 for three primary centres of sun-worship,
namely, Indravana, Mundira and K膩lapriya. For
For
detailed
discussion and identification of these three places with those
modern ones see V.V. Mirashi, 'Some Puranic passages
corroborated by inscriptional and Numismatic Evidence', Pur膩峁嘺,
vol. 1, no. I, 1959, pp 38-51
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64 Ibid., X. 6.81-82.
65 Ibid XII 8.
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