_ 103 _ The temples of the Elephanta(A) and of Kanheri(B) indicated that this was their work(C). Father Belchior Gonçalves, who lives in this area, will later give a fuller account of this(D). The Kingdom of Ormuz is near Babylon, which we now call Baghdad. The present ruler is the Grand Turk, and he captured it from the Great Sultan of Babylon(E), (A) Concerning Elephanta (Gharapurí), an island on which the famous temple stood (perhaps from the eighth century) see. YULE-BURNELL, 341. (B) About the works in the Kanheri Monastery, see Gazeteer of Bombay XIV (1882) 121-90. (C) A note, like several in the Text. A and B collection concerning the Romans, who certainly never occupied India and, consequently, never constructed any building there, but the Indians built the most beautiful temples and edifices. These were easier to build than the Roman structures of the west. Three authentic Indian styles are distinguished by the experts: Indo-Aryan in the north, Dravidic in the south and Chalukyan in central India (see the view of J. FERGUSSON, History of Indian and Eastern Architecture [London 18911 279; E B HAVELL, Indian Architecture London 1927] who also treats of Indian Art, mentions on page 1 what the Gandharan theory states, according to which, Buddhist sculpture owes a lot to Graeco- Roman art; other authors claim that the Moors introduced the Byzantine style into India, which the said author however denies; cf. pp. 8 81 154). (D) In fact, Father Gonçalves wrote something about these temples on 20th January 1551, to the Portuguese members of the Society (cf. Schurhammer, Q 4594). (E) In 1534, this City of Baghdad, occupied by Persians from 1508, was 450 captured by Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-66) (Schurhammer Q, XXIV-XXV).
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