History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s1.5

v1.c19.s1.5

There can be no doubt that the Hindûs carried their horror of an arch to an excess which frequently led them to worse faults on the other side. In city walls for instance, where there is a superabundant abutment on either hand to counteract any thrust, the horizontal principle is entirely misplaced. If we take, for instance, one of the city gates at Vijayanagar (Woodcut No. 168), we cannot help perceiving that with much smaller stones