[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.s6.10 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s6.10 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c19.s6.10 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s6.10) The Indo-Muhammadan use of glazed or enamelled tiles undoubtedly was imported from Persia and Turkistan in the forms of art practised in those countries from the thirteenth century onwards. But ages earlier more ancient foreign conquerors seem to have brought with them into India an old variety of the art. The excavations at Kanishka's \*stūpa\* at Peshāwar have revealed the surprising fact that - [Previous: c19.s6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s6.9) - [Next: c19.s6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s6.11) - [Up: c19.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c19.s6.10) · Pramāṇa