[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) › c8.133 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.133 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.133 - **Language:** English ### [c8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.133) The columns of the Kashmīr temples are usually described as Indo-Doric on the assumption that their design is derived ultimately from Greek models. Mr. Tavenor Perry has thrown doubt upon this assumption because the Kashmīr columns have sixteen flutes and are associated with very unclassical gables and trefoil arches.³ But, on the whole, it appears that the term Indo-Doric may be justified, the Kashmīr column most probably having been derived from the Greek through Sassanian intermediaries. As usual in India, the stages of the evolution of the Kashmīr style cannot be traced in detail. It is possible that the Salt Range temples alluded to, and others at Gōp, Sūtrapāda, and Kadwār in Kāthiāwār, which resemble the Kashmīr buildings in certain respects, may be older than those in the Valley, but no clear evidence on the subject is available.⁴ - [Previous: c8.132](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.132) - [Next: c8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.134) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.133) · Pramāṇa