The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c15.1
The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c15.1
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THE EVOLUTION OF INDIAN FINE ART AND ITS INFLUENCE ON TEMPLE BUILDING—THE GANDHARAN SCHOOL—THE PHILOSOPHY OF INDIAN TEMPLE BUILDING — INDIAN ARCHES—THE TEMPLE OF men as Srî—is there. Indra upon his elephant, the rain-cloud; Dûrgâ upon her tawny lion, the scorching heat of the Indian plains—all the Vedic gods are there as witnesses of the Truth. But Buddha, the Blessed One Himself, is only represented by the precious relics placed within the Vedic altar upon the chaitya of the Pari-Nirvâna.