A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.12

c18.12

At the Kutb mosque of Delhi the glory of the building is the screen of eleven pointed arches, eight smaller and three larger, Muslim in form, but Hindu in construction. They are so familiar that a small illustration will suffice (Fig. 232). The faces of these structures are decorated with 'a lace-work of intricate and delicate carving', considered by Fergusson to be 'the most exquisite specimen of its class known to exist anywhere'. It bears some resemblance to the decorations of the