A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.115
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.115
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Opinions may differ as to the propriety of employing such jewellers’ work as architectural decoration, but concerning the beauty of the result and the high standard of executive skill no two opinions are possible. The annexed plan of a ceiling in the Sūryanārāyanaswāmi temple at Māgalā may suffice to give some notion of the exquisite carving characteristic of the Ballāri variety of the Dravidian style, as favoured by Chalukya Kings.