The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c14.22

c14.22

When further progress is made in the study of Indian craftsmanship, it will, I am sure, be proved conclusively not only that Fergusson was again in error in laying down the axiom that Hindu builders never used the arch structurally before Muhammadan times, but that the Muhammadans in India were themselves the borrowers and derived the Indian forms of the pointed arch from the brick buildings of Hindu Gaur.¹