[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) › c8.58 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.58 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.58 - **Language:** English ### [c8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.58) The best early examples are found at Bhuvanesvar in the Purī District, Orissa, where the temples, numbering several hundreds, illustrate the history of the style from the ninth or tenth to the thirteenth century. The earliest specimens have steeples comparatively low and squat, but pleasing to an eye which has become - [Previous: c8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.57) - [Next: c8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.59) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhuvanesvar](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bhuvanesvar) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.58) · Pramāṇa