[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) › c17.70 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c17.70 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c17.70 - **Language:** English ### [c17.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.70) The principal forms of Indian architecture, so far as appears, were developed in India, and it is impossible to connect them with Western forms. They have, as M. Le Bon observes, a character of 'frappante originalité'. - [Previous: c17.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.69) - [Next: c17.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.71) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.70) · Pramāṇa