[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965) › c2.4 # Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c2.4 Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c2.4 - **Language:** English ### [c2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c2.4) Purpose, 1 ; Chronology, 1-3 ; Provenance, 3 ; Dates, 3 ; Meaning, 3-4 ; Value of Mind, 4-5 ; Decorative Elements, 5 ; Cultural Life, 5 ; Cult Material, 5-6 ; Symbolical Themes, 6 ; Buddha, 7 ; Śiva, 6-7 ; Unity of Form and Meaning, 7. - [Previous: c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c2.3) - [Next: c2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c2.5) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c2.4) · Pramāṇa