Discussion Indian architecture doesn't get the recognition it deserves.

[Exalted Monarch]

Indians mog the Persians, the Chinese and many others when it comes to architecture, yet for some reason their masterpieces are not talked about as much as those of these other peoples.

I love how they prioritise structural beauty over ornamentation in their works. There’s nothing wrong with using colours, paintings, calligraphy, etc. to elevate a building of course, but I believe that buildings carved from stone possess a beauty and grandeur of their own.

 

[Rapemaxxer]

True

 

[alurmo]

how do their people make the country look like such a shithole
india was literally the home to math and philosophy and all that shit

 

[SewerGoat]

Ancient people BC were something else

 

[Exalted Monarch]

how do their people make the country look like such a shithole
india was literally the home to math and philosophy and all that shit

Great nations falling from grace is a very common occurrence throughout history.

Ancient Egypt vs Modern Egypt
Ancient Greece vs Modern Greece
Ancient Rome vs Modern Italy

No one stays at the top forever.

 

[Rapemaxxer]

how do their people make the country look like such a shithole
india was literally the home to math and philosophy and all that shit

So was Babylon and Egypt. Look at what they are now. Meanwhile Germanics were ldaring in swamps and huts mere two thousand years ago, and yet now they rule the world (although it's coming to an end now, and the future is practically brown). Nothing in history is permanent.

 

[GrAYnigger]

This looks a bit overdetailed

 

[Exalted Monarch]

This looks a bit overdetailed

That's where the appeal lies for me. Intricate stone carving.

 

[Exalted Monarch]

Ancient people BC were something else

Some of these aren’t even ancient. This one is from the 15th century:

 

[Brainy]

how do their people make the country look like such a shithole
india was literally the home to math and philosophy and all that shit

Ancient Indo-Aryans:

Modern "jeets":

 

[hook-nosed trash]

Great nations falling from grace is a very common occurrence throughout history.

Ancient Egypt vs Modern Egypt
Ancient Greece vs Modern Greece
Ancient Rome vs Modern Italy

No one stays at the top forever.

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