The text is primarily known as an architectural masterpiece, but its scope is vast, covering everything from town planning to mechanical engineering. Town Planning:
The Samarangana Sutradhara exists in multiple manuscript forms, primarily housed at the Oriental Institute of Baroda and the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune. The text was first critically edited by Mahamahopadhyaya T. Ganapati Sastri in 1924.
Iconometry and Sculpture
