[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) › c16.s5.3 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c16.s5.3 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c16.s5.3 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c16.s5.3) The style of art is clearly an Asiatic degradation of a Greek motive, and it is possible that the work may have been executed in India. The authorities of the British Museum probably are not far wrong in suggesting that the date may be about A. D. 200.¹ - [Previous: c16.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c16.s5.2) - [Next: c16.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c16.s5.4) - [Up: c16.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c16.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c16.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c16.s5.3) · Pramāṇa