History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s1.10

v1.c19.s1.10

It is this horizontal or bracket mode of construction that is the formative principle of the Dravidian or Southern style of Hindû architecture, every form and every ornament depending almost wholly upon it. In the north, however, another development of the same principle is found in the horizontal dome, which is scarcely known in the south, but which has given a new character to the style, and, as one of its most beautiful features, demands a somewhat detailed explanation.