Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c14.15

c14.15

sitions. But no architectural element common in these monasteries epitomises the style more concisely than that of a Corinthian capital with a small figure of the Buddha enthroned amidst the leaves of the conventional Greek acanthus. The impact of the two cultures, illustrating the mysticism of Buddhism superimposed on the rationalism of the Greeks, is crystallized in this architectural motif.