In Aurangzeb's reign squared stone and marble gave way to brick or
rubble with stucco ornament, and the decline of taste rapidly set in.
The buildings at Seringapatam and Lucknow are of still later date, and
though in certain respects they are imposing, they are too often tawdry
in detail.
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FOOTNOTE:
[1] The restoration of the shrine at Buddh-Gaya was begun in 1908
under the auspices of the Buddhist Shrine Restoration Society, of
which the Tashi Lama was first president and the eldest son of the
maharaja of Sikkim vice-president.
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