The ancient and medieval architecture of India: a study of Indo-Aryan civilisation

THE ORIGIN OF GOTHIC ART 'j^

thenurseries ofGothicart, bringing to the West the

masonic

secretsoftheEast,thetraditionsandtheinspirationoftheIndo-

AryanabbeysofAjantaandEllorawhichwereat that moment

thegrandest and most beautiful in theworld. Thus

thetwo

branchesof the Aryanracewerejoined togetheronce

moreby

spiritual anddomesticties fortheadvancementofthecommon

causeof

humanity.

For

otherchaitya-housesoftheHtnayinaschoolofBuddh-

ism at Bhija,Bedsi, N^sik, Ajantiandelsewherethe

reader

must refer to the descriptions given by Fergusson and Dr.

Burgess. Theyareall plannedon thesame principle, and

it

is

quiteeasytofollowthe symbolismoftheirstructureand deco-

rationbymeans ofthe description ofthe YAx\tchaitya-house

givenabove.

Thelaterchaitya-housesoftheMahciy^naschool

willbetaken

in

their

chronological sequence.