History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c8.8

v1.c8.8

Whether successful or not, it seems well worth while that an attempt should be made to interest the public in Indian architectural art; first, because the artist and architect will certainly acquire broader and more varied views of their art by its study than they can acquire from any other source. More than this, any one who masters the subject sufficiently to be able to understand their art in its best and highest forms, will rise from the study with a kindlier feeling towards the nations of India, and a higher — certainly a corrector— appreciation of their social status than could be obtained from their literature, or from anything that now exists in their anomalous social and political position.