[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c14.s2.22 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c14.s2.22 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c14.s2.22 - **Language:** English ### [c14.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c14.s2.22) Between the methods of modern India and that employed at Ajaṇṭā, the only difference is that instead of a first coat of mortar, a mixture of clay, cow-dung, and pulverized trap rock was first applied to the walls and thoroughly pressed into its \[\*sic\*\] surface, when the small cavities and air-holes peculiar to volcanic rock and the rough chisel marks left by the excavators served as keys. In some instances, especially in the ceilings, rice husks were used. - [Previous: c14.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c14.s2.21) - [Next: c14.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c14.s2.23) - [Up: c14.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c14.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c14.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c14.s2.22) · Pramāṇa