A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c15.s6.3
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c15.s6.3
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c15.s6.3
At Conjeeveram, the ancient Kānchī, the capital of the Pallava kings in the early centuries of the Christian era, two old Brahmanical temples, Kamākshi Amman and Vamtharāja Perumal, are prettily decorated with coloured distemper patterns composed of geometrical forms and neat floral devices, of uncertain date. The general effect is no better than that of a cheerful wall-paper.