The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c21.14

c21.14

In spite of the wholesale destruction which went on almost unchecked for several centuries, there are still remaining enough of the great buildings of the Hindu decadence to make the architectural reputation of any country. The immense building activity of the period was by no means confined to temples and monasteries. India had always been famous from the days of Chandragupta for its great public highways with fine bridges and sumptuous rest-houses for travellers. The earliest Muhammadan visitors to India, like Alberuni, were amazed at the magnificence of the irrigation works built of massive masonry, and all that was done subsequently by the Mogul rulers was but a revival of the