मानसार शिल्पशास्त्र (प्रसन्ना कुमार आचार्य - प्राचीन भारतीय स्थापत्य, नगर-नियोजन व मूर्ति-शिल्प महाकोश)

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Acknowledgments
The publication of these volumes has been made possible through
the generosity of the Secretary of State for India, the Government of
India, and the Government of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh,
to whom I can only express inadequately my most respectful thanks.
It remains for me briefly to acknowledge aids and encouragement
received beyond those mentioned above. From the very conception
of the idea in consultation with Mr. E. B. Havell and Dr. L. D. Barnett,
M.A., LITT.D. Professor F. W. Thomas, C.I.E., M.A., PH.D., has proved
a guardian to the Mānasāra. The significant quotation, "rebirth of
the monumental work," is his expression. It is his kindness which has
largely kept alive my youthful enthusiasm, under very unfavourable
circumstances, in London, Holland, Madras, Simla, Patna, Benares,
and Calcutta. I am indebted to him for most of the materials and also
for valuable guidance and consultation at the earlier stage, and for
the final publication of the Mānasāra. Words fail me to express
adequately my debt of gratitude to him.
My grateful acknowledgment is due to another great orientalist,
Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Ganga Nath Jha, M.A., D.LITT., LL.D.,
until recently Vice-Chancellor of Allahabad University, for his
very encouraging and generous review and publicity of the earlier
volumes which gave me a new lease of life, and for giving me facilities,
with fatherly enthusiasm, to undertake extensive tours (referred to
above). For further encouragement I am grateful to Mr. A. H.
Mackenzie, M.A., C.I.E., the Director of Public Instruction, who became
more and more convinced of the importance of the work when
he was officiating as the Commissioner of Education and where he
came in closer touch with the Archaeological Department—the Depart-
ment wherein the plates to illustrate the architectural portion of the
Mānasāra were prepared.
For his scholarly sympathy and friendly appreciation my grateful
acknowledgment is due to Mr. H. R. Harrop, M.A., I.E.S., the Deputy
Director of Public Instruction, whose interest increased through his