A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.125

c8.125

Fergusson assigned to the thirteenth century, is older than he supposed, and probably dates from the tenth century.¹ The notion, started by Cunningham and accepted by certain other authors, that the quadrangles of the more important temples were designed to be filled with water, so that the shrines might be placed more immediately under the protection of the Nāgas, or water-sprites, is absolutely baseless.²