Hindu architecture
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Hindu architecture is the traditional system of Indian architecture for structures such as temples, monasteries, market places, gardens and town planning as described in Hindu texts. The architectural
The architecture of a Hindu temple in Sunak, Gujarat
A folio of Visvakarmaprakasa, a minor Hindu architecture text discovered in Kathmandu valley, Nepal (Sanskrit Devanagari)
Some town plans recommended in the 700 CE Manasara Sanskrit text on Hindu architecture.
Elements of a North Indian temple (Madhya Pradesh)
Manasara
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The Mānasāra, also known as Manasa or Manasara Shilpa Shastra, is an ancient Sanskrit treatise on Indian architecture and design. Organized into 70 adhyayas and 10,000 shlokas, it is one of many Hindu
Hindu architecture
…include the Vastu shastras, Shilpa Shastras, the Brihat Samhita, architectural portions of the Puranas and the Agamas, and regional texts such as the Manasara among others. By far the most important, characteristic and numerous surviving examples of Hindu architecture are Hindu temples, with an architectural…
1834 sketch of elements in Hindu temple architecture, four storey vimana
1834 sketch of elements in Hindu temple architecture, two storey gopura