Chapter I: Front Matter

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HISTORY

OF

INDIAN AND EASTERN ARCHITECTURE;

BY JAMES FERGUSSON, D.C.L., F.R.S, M.R.A.S.,

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS,
MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI,
ETC. ETC. ETC.

FORMING THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE NEW EDITION OF THE
‘HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE.’

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1891.

_The right of Translation is reserved._

WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ROCK-CUT TEMPLES OF INDIA. 18 Plates in Tinted
Lithography, folio: with an 8vo. volume of Text, Plans, &c. 2_l._
7_s._ 6_d._ London, Weale, 1845.

PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE IN HINDOSTAN. 24
Plates in Coloured Lithography, with Plans, Woodcuts, and
explanatory Text, &c. 4_l._ 4_s._ London, Hogarth, 1847.

AN HISTORICAL INQUIRY INTO THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF BEAUTY IN ART,
more especially with reference to Architecture. Royal 8vo. 31_s._
6_d._ London, Longmans, 1849.

THE PALACES OF NINEVEH AND PERSEPOLIS RESTORED: An Essay on Ancient
Assyrian and Persian Architecture. 8vo. 16_s._ London, Murray,
1851.

THE ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF ARCHITECTURE. Being a Concise and
Popular Account of the Different Styles prevailing in all Ages and
all Countries. With 850 Illustrations. 8vo. 26_s._ London, Murray,
1859.

RUDE STONE MONUMENTS IN ALL COUNTRIES, THEIR AGE AND USES. With 234
Illustrations. 8vo. London, Murray, 1872.

TREE AND SERPENT WORSHIP, OR ILLUSTRATIONS OF MYTHOLOGY AND ART IN
INDIA, in the 1st and 4th Centuries after Christ, 100 Plates and 31
Woodcuts. 4to. London, India Office; and W. H. Allen & Co. 2nd
Edition, 1873.

THE MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS RESTORED, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE
REMAINS RECENTLY DISCOVERED. Plates 4to. 7_s._ 6_d._ London,
Murray, 1862.

AN ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT TOPOGRAPHY OF JERUSALEM; with restored
Plans of the Temple, and with Plans, Sections, and Details of the
Church built by Constantine the Great over the Holy Sepulchre, now
known as the Mosque of Omar. 16_s._ Weale, 1847.

THE HOLY SEPULCHRE AND THE TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM. Being the Substance
of Two Lectures delivered in the Royal Institution, Albemarle
Street, on the 21st February, 1862, and 3rd March, 1865. Woodcuts.
8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._ London, Murray, 1865.

AN ESSAY ON A PROPOSED NEW SYSTEM OF FORTIFICATION, with Hints for
its Application to our National Defences. 12_s._ 6_d._ London,
Weale, 1849.

THE PERIL OF PORTSMOUTH. FRENCH FLEETS AND ENGLISH FORTS. Plan.
8vo. 3_s._ London, Murray, 1853.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE BRITISH MUSEUM, NATIONAL GALLERY, and NATIONAL
RECORD OFFICE; with Suggestions for their Improvement. 8vo. London,
Weale, 1859.

LONDON. WM. CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING
CROSS.