The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c17.69

c17.69

not known—probably about the tenth century, when the sword of Islam descended to complete the havoc which the Hun barbarians had begun. For centuries the college halls and chapels have been the haunt of venomous snakes and of the wild beasts of the neighbouring jungle; myriads of bats have fouled them, and vast swarms of bees have blackened their lovely painted ceilings