History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c25.s1.2

v2.c25.s1.2

THE two provinces of India, where the Indo-Aryan style can be studied with the greatest advantage, are Dhârwâr on the west, and Orissa on the east coast. The former has the advantage of being mixed up with the Dravidian style, so as to admit of synonyms and contrasts that are singularly interesting, both from an ethnological and historical point of view. In Orissa, on the contrary, the style is perfectly pure, being unmixed with any other, and thus forms one of the most compact and homogeneous architectural groups in India, and as such of more than usual interest, and it is consequently in this province that the style can be studied to the greatest advantage.