The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c22.17

c22.17

Though her ancient political constitution has been broken up, the heart and soul of India are still in her villages, and if her voiceless millions are ever to become articulate, it must be by restoring the communal life of the Indian village. Only when that is accomplished can it be said that the foundations of the British Raj are well and truly laid; for then it will rest upon the bed-rock of liberty and justice, which in India as in other countries has always been the safest foundation of Empire.