Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 295
-picious ), the mystic cross (fylfot) of the Buddhists.Ferguson says the Buddhist dagoba is a direct descendantof the sepulchral tumulus of the Turanian races, like thosefound in Etruria, Lydia, and among the Scyths of theNorthern Steppes. It is plainly seen that the details of Buddhistic… … Fig. 325.—The Sanchi Tope, Bliopal, Central India. for the Assyrian or Persian bull. A fine cast of the Sanchigateway may be seen in the South Kensington Museum. INDIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE. 27s As an example of Hindu or Brahminical architecturethe rock-cut temple at Ellora, called the Kylas, or…
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