[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) › c23.43 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.43 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.43 - **Language:** English ### [c23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c23.43) India, has a character of her own, 7; Jains in, 11; dominance of Buddhism in, 14; curved roofs in, 17; Chandragupta Maurya master of, 57; no Greek architecture in, 101; intercourse of China with, 129; Hun power in, 158; emigration to Far East from, 259; mediaeval Jain sculpture in all, 267; long history of painting in, 272; mediaeval painting in, 303, Addenda; contact of other civilizations with, 308; Buddhist art of Far East derived from, 313; early coins of, 351; lapidaries of, 352; jewellery of, 354; reliquaries of, 355; copper vessels of, 364; wood-carving in, 364; ivory-carving in, 370; terra-cotta modelling in, 374; foreign influence on, 377; intercourse of Egypt with, 382; Muslim conquest of, 391; narrow-necked domes of, 408; Muhammadan figure sculpture in, 424; Persian painting introduced into, 450; calligraphy in, 452. - [Previous: c23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c23.42) - [Next: c23.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c23.44) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c23.43) · Pramāṇa