The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c13.23

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skilled craftsmen from Persepolis, but they worked in India under Indian inspiration just as the Gandharan craftsmen did some centuries later. They were but craftsmen learning the art language of India, not artists enriching it with their own creative ideas. The symbolism of this Hînayâna Buddhist art proves this to be the case, as Fergusson himself would have admitted if he had understood it.