The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c8.60
The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: A Study of Indo-Aryan Civilisation c8.60
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the gateways of the ancient Indo-Aryan village—the gopuram or gateway of Indian temples: both those which Fergusson classifies as “Indo-Aryan”—a type which now belongs to Northern India—and those which he labelled “Dravidian.” The former, Pl. VIII, a, with the naubat-khâna over it, roofed in Bengali fashion, is clearly related to the town gateway of ancient India built of brick or stone with a wooden superstructure, as in Pl. VI.