Percy Brown

Percy Brown (1872–1955) was a renowned British scholar, artist, art critic, historian and archaeologist, well known as an author on Indian architecture and art, especially for his studies on Greco-Bactrian art. Brown was one of the first writers to have concentrated exclusively on Indian and Buddhist architecture. He wrote several important books on architecture and art, including the two-volume Indian Architecture (Volume I: Buddhist and Hindu Periods and Volume II: Islamic Period) in 1940. Other notable works of his include A descriptive guide to the Department of archaeology & antiquities (1908), Picturesque Nepal (1912), Indian painting (1918), and Tours in Sikhim and the Darjeeling District (1922).