Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c20.16

c20.16

Gandhāra art, 261-76 —chronology 271 —geographical extent 260 —main sites situated on trade routes 261 —subjects and scenes 272-5 Gandhārī 261 Gandhārīṇām 261 Gandharva 7, 45 —veda 57 Gaṇesa Leṇa group 205 Gaṅgā 254 Gaṅgādhara 6 Gaṅgita Yaksha 134 Garland (=mālā, dāma, srak) : —making (mālyagrathana, pushpochchaya, pushpagrathana, pushpābharaṇa) 226, 228 —maker 58 —borne by dwarf Yakshas —by elephant-headed Yakshas —issued out from makara mouth —mālādhārī devā 287, 301, 293 garta, seat 41 Garuḍa and Nāga 73 Gaura (=Bos Gaurus) 51 ghaṇṭāpaṅti, row of bells 222 ghaṭṭa maṭṭha, technique of producing polish, 67, 68 —prabhā 68 —of three kinds (saprabha, samarīchi, sadyota) ghora 88 Ghṛita and Amṛita 51 Gilgamesh with bull 37 Girivraj 75f. gods and goddesses, manifestations of one Divinity 4 —as symbols of celestial and earthly powers in the universe 3-4 gold (=suvarṇa, hiraṇya) ; —in Indus Valley 29 —worker in (hiraṇyakāra) 41, 57 —inlay (hiraṇyarūpa) 42 —smith's art, highly developed in Indus and Vedic period 58 —in Sūtra period 58 —garland 47, 58 —drāpi 40 Golden Germ or Egg (Hiraṇyagarbha, etc.) 45, 47, 49 gomachchha 222 goṇaka 58 Gopa 41 Gopikā 229 goshṭhīyāna, picnic car 312 graha (=cup) 57 graiveyaka, neck ornament 58 grāvāṇau, stones for grinding 47 Greek invasion 119 gridhrayātu 72 griffin 72 grotesque 316-17 guhā 47 guhyaka, Yaksha 38, 198, 223, 246, 311 Haimavatavarsha = Bhāratavarsha 70 Haimavatī Umā 49 hair-styles 5 haṃsa 46, 97, 125, 266 —krīḍā 266 —their row 97, 125 Harappa (=Hariyūpiyā) 39 Harihaṃsa 46 Harihara 6, 254 Hārītī 114, 264 hastipa 57 hastimachchha 222 hastinakhaprabhāmaṇḍala, scalloped halo 228 hastinīpadvatī 44 hathattharaṇa 58 havirdhāna 43 hayasaṃghāta see saṃghāta Hellenistic motifs 267 hemamālā 158 heraṇika 284 Himavanta 60 historical scenes 132 honeysuckle 74 Horsebreeding, a text on, from Boghozkoi 71 humorous scenes 173 icon, as symbol of divine 7 Īhāmṛiga, animal design, fanciful animals 5, 66, 67, 71, 174. —mukha 317 Ikshubhañjikā 225 Ikshvākus 277, 282, 286 Indra 6, 235, 253, 259 —dhvaja, -yashṭi 46, 70 —his visit 6 —maha, his cult 35, 52 —āsana 46 Indus Valley art : —discovery 15 —expansion 15 —Harappa and Mohenjo-daro 15 —chronology 38-39 —value 15 —character of its civilisation 15 —compared to Western Asiatic 20, 23, 36, 37, 38 īshā 41 ishu, arrow (ishumat, ishukṛit, ishukāra) 45, 56 ivory (=dantarūpa) 31, 66 —workers of Vidiśā 165 iyaṃ salilanidhane budhasa bhagavate śakiyā-nam 82 jadeite (=masāra) 29