The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c16.22

c16.22

It was not therefore a Brahmanical revival, in the narrow sectarian sense conceived by Western writers, which the great Vikramâditya inaugurated. It was a revival of Aryan culture and of Aryan polity, which, owing to the disturbed condition of Hindustan and the corruption of Aryan ideals, were becoming decadent and stood in need of revision. The profound peace which a firm central government established opened the highways of commerce, promoted a great activity in all the arts of peace, and brought about a general revival of Aryan learning—philosophy, science, poetry, and the drama—all