Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c19: List of the Half-Tone Plates
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c19
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List of the Half-Tone Plates
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I. The Harappā Citadel: the north-west corner during excavation.
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II. View from the northern end of the Harappā Citadel looking towards the working-platforms and the old river bed.
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III-XV. Representative seals from Harappā, Mohenjo-daro and Lothal.
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XVI. Silver vase with lid. No. DK 1341. Mohenjo-daro.
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XVII. Bronze buffalo. Mohenjo-daro.
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XVIII. Bronze goat. Mohenjo-daro.
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XIX. Bronze dancer. Mohenjo-daro.
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XX. Crude Bronze girl. Front. Mohenjo-daro.
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XXI. Same. Back.
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XXII-XXIII. Two copper statuettes in round. Mohenjo-daro.
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XXIV. Copper spear-head. Mohenjo-daro.
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XXV. Copper dog. Lothal.
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XXVI-XXX. Group of stone objects. Mohenjo-daro.
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XXXII. Faience monkey. Mohenjo-daro.
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XXXIII. Mother with children. Terracotta. Harappa.
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XXXIV. Seated terracotta figure. Mohenjo-daro.
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XXXV. Ring-stone and other objects. Mohenjo-daro.
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XXXVI. Chess-man like stone object. Mohenjo-daro.
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XXXVII. Faience ram. Mohenjo-daro.
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XXXVIII. Terracotta crouching monkey. Mohenjo-daro.
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XXXIX. Terracotta mother goddess. Mohenjo-daro.
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XL. Stone gratings. Mohenjo-daro.
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XLI. Terracotta female bust with the cup-like feature attached to the left of the head. Mohenjo-daro.
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XLII. Terracotta bust. Frofile. Zhob.
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XLIII. Same. Front.
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XLIV-V. Painted pot-sherds. Mohenjo-daro.
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XLVI. Pottery design. Harappa.
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XLVII. Ancient punch-marked coins with punched symbols. 4-5th cent. B. C.
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XLVIII. Banyan capital. From Besnagar. 3rd cent. B. C. IMC.
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IL. Tripartite Yaksha. From Rajghat. Courtesy: Bharat Kala Bhavan. 3rd cent. B.C.
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L. Barrel-shaped ring-stone. Negative. From Rajghat. Courtesy: Bharat Kala Bhavan. 4th-3rd cent. B. C.
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LI. Same. Positive.
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LII. Wooden palisade. Bulandibāgh, Patna. C. latter part of 4th century B. C.
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LIII. Polished pedestal of a capital. Rāmpurwā. 3rd cent. B. C.
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LIV. Rāmpurwā Bull Capital. 3rd cent. B. C.
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LV. Lion Capital. Sarnath. 3rd cent. B. C.
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LVI. Close-up view of the Facade. Lomas Rishi Cave. Barabar Hills. 3rd cent. B. C.
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LVII. Stone head. Pataliputra. 3rd cent. B. C.
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LVIII. Yaksha statue. From near Bombay. 3rd cent. B. C.
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LIX. Yakshī statue from Mehrauli, near Delhi. Buff-coloured sandstone. 3rd-2nd cent. B. C.
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LX. Domukhī Devī. Yakshī statue. Front view from west. 2nd cent. B.C.
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LXI. Vajrāsana Throne. Bodhgaya temple. 3rd cent. B. C.
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LXII. Stone railing. Pataliputra. 3rd cent. B. C.
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LXIII. Reconstructed railing of the Mathura Jaina Devanirmita Stūpa. See pp. 218 ff. Inside Lucknow Museum.
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LXIV. Stone railing. Bodhgaya. 2nd-1st cent. B. C.
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LXV. Reconstructed Stone Railing of the Bharhut Stūpa. Inside Indian Museum, Calcutta. 2nd cent. B. C.
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LXVI. Laughing boy. Terracotta. Patna. 2nd cent. B. C.
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LXVII. Terracotta female figure. Bulandibāgh. 2nd cent. B. C.
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LXVIII. Terracotta Mother Goddess. Mathura.
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LXIX. Terracotta female torso. Golakhpur. C. 200 B. C.
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LXX. Sudarśanā Yakshī. From Bharhut Stūpa. Now Ind. Mus.
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LXXI. Chulakokā Devatā. Railing Pillar. From Bharhut Stūpa. Now National Mus.
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LXXII. Fragmentary pillar showing an acrobatic scene. From Bharhut Stūpa. Now Allahabad Municipal Museum.
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LXXIII-IV. Rail medallions. From Bharhut.
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LXXV. Left Pillar. East Gate. South face. Great Stūpa. Sanchi.
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LXXVI. Right Pillar. South Gate. East face. Great Stūpa. Sanchi.
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LXXVII. Architraves. Eastern Gateway. View from north-east. Great Stūpa. Sanchi.
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LXXVIII. Gateway. View looking south after restoration of the Stūpa behind. Stūpa III. Sanchi.
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LXXIX. Capital of West Gateway, showing figures of dwarfs. Great Stūpa. Sanchi.
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LXXX. Panel showing lions. Lowest of the right pillar. West Gate. Front view. Great Stūpa. Sanchi.
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LXXXI. Bull Terracotta. From Kosam. Śuṅga.
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LXXXII. Female bust. Terracotta. Hastināpur (Period III).
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LXXXIII-IV. Māndhātā in Uttarakuru. Bhājā. 2nd cent. B. C. For identification of the reliefs see pp. 191-2.
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LXXXV. Sculptures on northern wall of ornamented Vihāra No. 20. From South. Bhaja. 2nd cent. B. C.
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LXXXVI. First sculpture from north in the wall of the verandah facing west. Vihāra No. 20. Bhaja, Poona. 2nd cent. B. C.
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LXXXVII. Showing perforated window and warrior. Verandah. On the wall, facing west. Vihāra No. 20. Bhaja, Poona. 2nd cent. B. C.
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LXXXVIII. Arched entrance and the facade with lion-capitalled pillar from west. Chaitya Cave. Karle, Poona. 1st cent. B. C.
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LXXXIX. Carved friezes. Upper Verandah. Rāṇīgumphā. Udaigiri. 1st cent. B.C.
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XC. Bull rider. Mathura. Pre-Kuṣhāṇa.
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XCI. Yaksha blowing a conch. Mathura. Pre-Kuṣhāṇa.
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XCII-XCIII. Two human torsos. Probobly two of the Five Vṛiṣhṇi Heroes. From Mora, Mathura. 1st cent. B. C.
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XCIV. Male head. From Mathura. Now in the Budapest Museum. Kuṣhāṇa.
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XCV. Female syrinx-player. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa.
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XCVI. Female bust (Ht. 14. cm.). Mathura. Bejoy Singh Nahar Collection. Ind. Mus. Kuṣāṇa.
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XCVII. Mithuna couple. From Mathura. Patna Mus. Kuṣāṇa.
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XCVIII. Male head. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa.
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IC. Lady coaxing a parrot. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa.
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C. Female bust. From Mathura Dt. Now in Boston Museum. Kuṣāṇa or earlier.
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CI-CIV. Toraṇa architraves. Buddhist. Mus. No. M3. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa.
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CV. Fragment of a frieze showing garland bearers above and some ascetic story below. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa.
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CVI. Railing pillar carved with a boy identified as Ṛiśyaśṛiṅga. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa.
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CVII-CXI. Architectural fragments with carvings. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa.
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CXII. Standing Bodhisattva. Inscribed in Kanishka's reign. From Set-Mahet. Now in Ind. Mus.
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CXIII. Standing Bodhisattva. Inscribed in the 2nd year of Kanishka's reign. From Kosam. Allahabad Museum. 79 or 121 A. D.
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CXIV. Seated Bodhisattva. Inscribed. From Katra, Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. See pp. 242-4.
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CXV. Durgā, seated on lion. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa.
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CXVI. Kubera with his two consorts, Lakṣmī and Hāritī. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa.
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CXVII. Rape of Ganymede. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa.
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CXVIII. Aśoka tree. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa.
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CXIX. Railing cross-bar medallion. Mathura. Kuṣāṇa. Now Boston Museum.
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CXX-CXXII. Silver dishes. From somewhere in the North-West. CXXII. in Svetislav Roerich Collection.
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CXXIII. Silver dish representing India. From Lampsacos; now in the Istanbul Museum. 2nd cent. A. D. Courtesy : Museum of Antiquities, Istanbul.
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CXXIV-V. Jewellery. From Taxila. Nos. 247, 249.
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CXXVI. Buddha with worshippers. From Takht-i-Bahai. Peshawar Mus.
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CXXVII. Gautama fasting as Bodhisattva. From Sikri. Lahore Mus.
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CXXVIII. Siddhārta with an ascetic and Vajrapāṇi. Gandhāra. Peshawar Mus. CXXIX-CXXXI. Heads from Gandhara. Stucco. 4-5th cent. A. D. CXXXII. Bodhisattva Maitreya. Gandhara. Stucco. 5th cent. A. D. CXXXIII. Ornamented Buddha-pada. Amaravati. Early Period. Courtesy : British Mus. CXXXIV. Pūrṇa Ghaṭa slab. Amaravati. Early Period. CXXXV. Sculptured scene on part of railing pillar. Amaravati. Second Period. Courtesy : British Mus. CXXXVI. Male colossal Bust. More than life-size. Nagarjunikonda. 3rd-4th cent. A. D. CXXXVII. Female Bust. Nagarjunikonda. 3rd-4th cent. A. D. CXXXVIII. Yakṣhī figure. Nagarjunikonda. CXXXIX. Worship of Buddha-throne and Dharmachakra. Nagarjunikonda.
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I am deeply indebted to the Archaeological Survey of India for photographs reproduced here. Wherever the source is other than the ASI, due acknowledgments are made in their proper place.