The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c13.51
The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c13.51
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Plate XXIV will give a good idea of the noble design of the original building and of the extraordinary skill of the sculptors. The planning of it and general design were evidently the working out of a tradition which went back to the Buddhist two-storied halls of Asoka's time, as shown in the Bharhut reliefs (Pl. IV, A).