The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c12.19

c12.19

The earliest rock-cut meeting-houses of the Buddhist order belonging to Asoka's time are generally small and, like the stûpas, of the plainest description, though some of them exhibit a high proficiency in technique. In the beginning the ritual of Buddhism was of the severest Puritan form, and did not countenance any elaboration either of structure or of symbolism, though all the