History Of Indian & Eastern Architecture

"A systematic study of Indian architecture and its principles only began in the 19th century through the work of British scholars and engineers who used, for the first time in the country, photography and site-plans to aid their research. James Fergusson's two volume History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, which was first published in 1876, was the result of such efforts and the first-ever major publication of its kind. This text is that of the 1910 edition, revised and expanded by James Burgess and R. Spiers."