The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c11.14

v1.c11.14

**Sivaism** : Exception might also be taken to Śivaism being reckoned as a Hindu form of worship, the opinion among some European orientalists being in favour of its non-Aryan, or Tamulian, origin. The question is of great importance in connexion with the history of the structures which form the subject of this essay, and it is necessary therefore to dwell on it at some length.