The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 64
n. The caves ofAjunta best typify the Viharas of the West. All areexcavated to admit a veranda, hall of columns, andambulatory, round which are grouped the cells ofthe anchorites. At the back stands the shrine guard-ing some holy relic inclosed in sandalwood, or lacquerof powdered and mosaiced gold… … 42 INDIA, INDO-CHINA, AND J A VA. their bracket capitals and sculptured shafts (all simi-lar, yet no two alike) became the feature of thewhole, and lent to all the magic and the charm whichbelongs to beautiful things. The Dravidian Style. Dravidian (as before remarked) is the name givento that…
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