[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) › c7.51 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.51 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.51 - **Language:** English ### [c7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.51) Those institutions, comparable in riches and dignity with the greatest abbeys of mediaeval Christendom, became active centres of learning and art, enlisting the services of artists of all kinds for the worthy decoration of the sacred buildings and the celebration of worship with becoming splendour. - [Previous: c7.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.50) - [Next: c7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.52) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.51) · Pramāṇa