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APPLICATION 
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INDIAN ARCHITECTURE. 
Having already shewn the difficulty of adapting either the Grecian or 
Gothic styles to the character of an English Palace, this newly disco- 
vered style of Architecture seems to present a new expedient for the 
purpose, in the forms made known to this country by the accurate 
Designs of Mr. Thomas Daniell, and other Artists, which have opened 
new sources of grace and beauty. 
To the materials of wood and stone, we have lately added that of 
cast iron, unknown in former times, either in Grecian or Gothic Archi- 
tecture, and which is peculiarly adapted to some light parts of the 
Indian style. 
In Grecian Architecture, the Artist is confined to five (or rather 
only to three) different orders of Columns, so restricted in their relative 
proportions, that they are seldom used externally with good effect in 
modern houses, and are generally found too bulky for internal use. 
Indian Architecture presents an endless variety of forms and propor- 
tions of Pillars, from the ponderous supports of the cavern, to the 
light airy shafts which enrich their corridors, or support their varan- 
dahes. This alone would justify the attempt to adapt a style untried, 
for the purpose to which other styles have been found inapplicable or 
inadequate. 
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