[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915) › c19.63 # The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c19.63 The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c19.63 - **Language:** English ### [c19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c19.63) understood that the traditions which ascribe great antiquity to the temples cannot be dismissed as Brahman fables. The nucleus of the temple may be an ancient structure associated with the first penetration of Aryan religion into Southern India. The successive enclosures are the record of the unbroken tradition of the Indo-Aryan building craft from remote antiquity to the present day. - [Previous: c19.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c19.62) - [Next: c20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c20.1) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c19.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1915.c19.63) · Pramāṇa