[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) › c17.13 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c17.13 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c17.13 - **Language:** English ### [c17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.13) ² \*Ind. Ant.\*, vol. xxx (1901), p. 287, note 59. Weber relates a similar transformation in a Sanskrit adaptation of Euclid's \*Elements\*. 'All that remained of the original was the order of the contents and the substance of the examples. All the rest was Indian.' The Japanese treat European plays and tales in the same way. - [Previous: c17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.12) - [Next: c17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.14) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.13) · Pramāṇa