A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.29
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c18.29
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c18.29
‘It is’ (Fergusson observes) ‘neither like that of Delhi, nor Jaunpur, nor any other style, but one purely local, and not without considerable merit in itself; its principal characteristic being heavy short pillars of stone supporting pointed arches and vaults in brick—whereas, at Jaunpur, for instance, light pillars carried horizontal architraves and flat ceilings.’