[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) › c19.s5.11 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s5.11 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s5.11 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s5.11) 1475.¹ But the details given in an earlier report suggest that the remains found were those of marble mosaic, not of \*pietra dura\* inlay. As the evidence at present stands, I continue to believe in the Italian origin of Indian \*pietra dura\* work, so far as the technique is concerned.² - [Previous: c19.s5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s5.8) - [Next: c19.s5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s5.12) - [Up: c19.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s5.11) · Pramāṇa