[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) › c8.50 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.50 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.50 - **Language:** English ### [c8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.50) In an ordinary Hindu temple the essential part is the rectangular cell or shrine containing the image or symbol of the god, and such a plain cell constitutes the simplest form of temple. Dignity is gained by the addition of a high roof, which may grow into a steeple, by prefixing a porch, which may grow into a nave, and be further amplified by aisles, transepts, and subsidiary steeples, until an architectural composition of extreme complexity is evolved. - [Previous: c8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.49) - [Next: c8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.51) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.50) · Pramāṇa