[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) › c7.26 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.26 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.26 - **Language:** English ### [c7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.26) The sentiments thus expressed have my general concurrence and, while unable to accept extreme views as to the superiority of Hindu art, I am convinced that India has produced at various periods not a few works of Fine Art in both Sculpture and Painting, which are entitled to take high rank on their aesthetic merits, and not merely as historical documents or archaeological curiosities. - [Previous: c7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.25) - [Next: c7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.27) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.26) · Pramāṇa