History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s15.5
History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s15.5
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v1.c19.s15.5
The earlier works of the seven centuries that elapsed between the carving of the rocks at Mâmallapuram and the erection of the Vellor pagoda have almost totally perished. But during that period, a style was elaborated and so fixed that it should endure for five centuries afterwards, with so little change, and with only that degradation in detail, which is the fatal characteristic of art in India.