[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) › c8.84 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.84 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.84 - **Language:** English ### [c8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.84) The Dravidian or Southern style is sharply distinguished from that of Āryāvarta by its straight-lined tower divided into stories by horizontal bands, and surmounted by either a barrel-roofed ridge or a small dome. The central shrine, except in the earliest examples, is invariably surrounded by an immense walled quadrangle, usually \[Figure: PLATE VI. Part of ceiling of Temple of Vimalasāha, Mt. Ābū, A.D. 1031. - [Previous: c8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.83) - [Next: c8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.85) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c8.84) · Pramāṇa