[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) › c17.8 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c17.8 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c17.8 - **Language:** English ### [c17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.8) ² M. Foucher, writing of the Sānchī reliefs, observes that 'quantité de motifs décoratifs nous ont paru si directement empruntés à la Perse que leur importation ne s'explique guère autrement que par \*une immigration d'artisans iraniens\*'. (\*La Porte Orientale du Stûpa de Sânchî\*, p. 34.) - [Previous: c17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.7) - [Next: c17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.9) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c17.8) · Pramāṇa