History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c24.s8.66

v2.c24.s8.66

In remote parts of the empire, and especially in the immediate vicinity of the older shrines, this Muhammadan influence was much less felt than in the places just mentioned. The modern temples, for instance, at Pâlitânâ have domes, it is true, but they are much more directly the lineal descendants of the old Jaina domes than copies of those of the Mughals, and the foliated pointed arch rarely occurs in the walls of that temple city. It requires, indeed, a practised eye to discriminate between what is old and what is new, and without the too manifest inferiority of modern sculpture this would not always be easy even to the most accomplished antiquary.