The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c6.9

c6.9

It might be supposed that the educated Indian, born in an Indian village, must know his India if any one does. But neither is his point of view, as a rule, Indo-Aryan India. He does not read the open book of Indian art for himself—he trusts to the Anglo-Indian interpretation of it. He learns his history mostly from official text-books, and if he is an official, from the Government files.