[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.s3.41 # Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.41 Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus c4.s3.41 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.41) Both the Indian and Grecian columns are diminished gradually in their diameter from the base to the summit of the shaft, a practice which has never been observed in the Egyptian; on the contrary, a diametrically opposite rule has been observed in their shafts, which are made narrower at the bottom than at the top, and placed upon a square or round plinth. - [Previous: c4.s3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.40) - [Next: c4.s3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.42) - [Up: c4.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.raz-1834.c4.s3.41) · Pramāṇa