The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c6.17

c6.17

The history of India is the history of Aryan institutions, traditions, and culture. But what does the Anglo-Indian historian say about them? He digs up the names of forgotten dynasties—of those who failed in their Dharma—but the "Imperial Gazetteer of India," in its summary of Indian history, does not even mention the Aryan village community. Indo-Aryan history has dropped off the official files. The same authority declares that there is little Indian sculpture to be called art after the fourth century A.D. Similarly in its history of Indian architecture, all of Fergusson' anatomy¹—more practical than that which is taught in Western academies—has finally disposed of the old European misconceptions of that subject. Yet Western anatomy and perspective are still taught in Government schools as the correct formulæ for art education in India.