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As more tangible similarity between the Persian and the Indian architecture is apparent in the capitals of columns, it will be perhaps better to take into consideration this object to begin with. Columns in all countries can be classified into two broad classes in regard to their utility, namely, the free pillars, and those which are employed in buildings as support to the whole structure and, in ancient architecture in any case, as the regulator of the whole composition. As regards this regulating column, the question of proportion and intercolumnation alone can arise. So far as this column is concerned This page appears to be completely blank.