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³ It has already been pointed that what Fergusson considered to be the Greco-Roman orders are really Indian, fully described in the *Śilpa-śāstras*, *Purāṇas*, and *Āgamas*. Fergusson, like many early European scholars and historians, was obsessed by a prejudice. Whatever scientifically developed things were found in India were sought to be explained by the theory of importation instead of the natural process of indigenous origin.
Linked texts (3)
- Śvetāmbara Āgama — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
- Purāṇa — Sanskrit
- Viśvakarmaśilpa — Viśvakarman, Sanskrit