The Splendour that was ʾInd: A Survey of Indian Culture and Civilisation (from the Earliest Times to the Death of Emperor Aurangzeb)D. B. Taraporevala, 1930 - 236 pages |
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Page 88
... style as well as of narrative , are relatively of recent creation . Dandin and Subandhu , Bana and Kshemendra , are classic examples of first - class sanskrit prose of the latter day ornateness . The two first - named are of uncertain ...
... style as well as of narrative , are relatively of recent creation . Dandin and Subandhu , Bana and Kshemendra , are classic examples of first - class sanskrit prose of the latter day ornateness . The two first - named are of uncertain ...
Page 163
... style of some of the later Temples . In this style the Shikhara and the Stupa are combined in a common tower , built in the Dravidian style , and carved with the lotus - fruit cup distinctive of the pure Shikhara ; while the tower as a ...
... style of some of the later Temples . In this style the Shikhara and the Stupa are combined in a common tower , built in the Dravidian style , and carved with the lotus - fruit cup distinctive of the pure Shikhara ; while the tower as a ...
Page 210
... style after a design of his own . He liked European clothes , and when in private often wore a Portuguese suit of black silk or velvet . He invariably kept a dagger in his girdle ; and if at any moment he did not happen to be wearing a ...
... style after a design of his own . He liked European clothes , and when in private often wore a Portuguese suit of black silk or velvet . He invariably kept a dagger in his girdle ; and if at any moment he did not happen to be wearing a ...
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