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A history of Buddhist architecture is a task for the future; may we some day have the pleasure of welcoming a systematic treatise upon the subject. Nothing guarantees us that in its beginnings the architecture shall be found on a level with the doctrine, or that it shall follow a parallel course, or again that it shall develop with a proportional rapidity. The foundation of Buddhism in our sub-continent is an historic phenomenon. Based on truth, purity of life, ...
The archaeological heritage of Kashmir in the form of sites and monuments distributed almost all over the valley and contiguous areas reflects the glorious achievements of the past history of Kashmir. These monuments are of cardinal importance in the history of Indian art and architecture while, remains of proto-historic and historic periods as found in different sites in the Kashmir Valley are unique in ways more than one. The book contains an excellent account ...