[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) › c9.s2.75 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.75 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c9.s2.75 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.75) a temple roof, I think (\*ante\*, p. 17), was the origin of the domed \*stūpa\* as seen in the central panel. The figure of the guardian deity in the lowest panel is a good sample of Sānchī sculpture on the larger scale, and may be compared with the doorkeepers on stelae at Anurādhapura in Ceylon (\*post\*, Pl. XXI). - [Previous: c9.s2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.73) - [Next: c9.s2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.76) - [Up: c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c9.s2.75) · Pramāṇa