[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) › c4.40 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.40 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.40 - **Language:** English ### [c4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.40) mentioned. Nay, some have gone even so far as to forbid the lower class from occupying the ground suited to the higher, and \*vice versâ\*, on pain of incurring the severest vengeance of heaven; but the principle on which these distinctions are founded is altogether nugatory. It signifies little whether the ground designed for the residence of a Brahman be square or oblong, white or red, sweet or sour, provided that the situation is convenient, and that it furnishes a firm bottom for laying the foundation; nor is it possible to find a place possessing all the qualities required by this prescription for the residence of any one of the classes; and, in order perhaps to obviate this difficulty, another more general classification of the soil into three sorts is added, with a declaration that the two first will answer the purposes of all classes of men without exception. - [Previous: c4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.39) - [Next: c4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.41) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.40) · Pramāṇa