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Page 172
... India . These attempts were successful only for short periods of time . Although the initial impact of Islam on Indian art was generally destructive , Islamic influences entering India were gradu- ally transformed in the new environment ...
... India . These attempts were successful only for short periods of time . Although the initial impact of Islam on Indian art was generally destructive , Islamic influences entering India were gradu- ally transformed in the new environment ...
Page 198
... Indian style seems to have come to an end . Western Indian style . The style of Ajantā is succeeded in western India by what has been appropriately named the western Indian style . Among the earliest examples are a few surviving wall ...
... Indian style seems to have come to an end . Western Indian style . The style of Ajantā is succeeded in western India by what has been appropriately named the western Indian style . Among the earliest examples are a few surviving wall ...
Page 208
... India and Ceylon , 3rd ed . rev . and enl . ( 1962 ) ; A.K. COOMARASWAMY , History of Indian and Indonesian Art ( 1927 , reprinted 1965 ) ; and BENJAMIN ROWLAND , Art and Architecture of India , 3rd ed . rev . ( 1967 ) , are general ...
... India and Ceylon , 3rd ed . rev . and enl . ( 1962 ) ; A.K. COOMARASWAMY , History of Indian and Indonesian Art ( 1927 , reprinted 1965 ) ; and BENJAMIN ROWLAND , Art and Architecture of India , 3rd ed . rev . ( 1967 ) , are general ...
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