Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c7.84

c7.84

Lastly, the architecture and sculpture of the colonies show equally the influence of both North and South India. It may be mentioned in this connection that the storied roofs of temples in these colonies have been regarded by all European scholars as being derived from the Pallava style of architecture, and this has been advanced by them as the most important argument in favour of the South Indian origin of the Hindu Colonies. But they have mostly ignored the fact that the same style was prevalent in North India in much earlier time. This point will be fully discussed in a subsequent lecture dealing with architecture.