[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834) › c3.6 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c3.6 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c3.6 - **Language:** English ### [c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c3.6) To collect these remains from far and near; to read, collate, and comprehend them, with the terms and phraseology of the science, was no ordinary undertaking: the assistance of the artist on the one hand, of philologists on the other; corroboration by reference to existing edifices, and the ability to exhibit the results at length deduced, in the technical and scientific language of a foreign people, were all equally necessary to the completion of the task. - [Previous: c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c3.5) - [Next: c3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c3.7) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c3.6) · Pramāṇa