[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) › c18.29 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.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.’ - [Previous: c18.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.28) - [Next: c18.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.30) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c18.29) · Pramāṇa