"The Hindu architects produced buildings incomparably more rich and interesting as works of art. I have not visited Southern India, where, it is said, the finest specimen of Hindu architecture are to be found. But I have seen enough of the art in Rajputana to convince me of its enormous superiority to any work of the Mohammedans. The temples at Chitor, for example, are specimens of true classicism."
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Aldous Huxley, (1969). Jesting Pilate. The diary of a journey. quoted in : On Hinduism Reviews and Reflections - By Ram Swarup p.161-165
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