Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c72.6

v2.c72.6

Now when the Volume on Iconography, the ‘Pratima-Vijñāna’ came out, it attracted the notice of that silent savant, the renowed Buddhist and Pali scholar, Professor C. D. Chatterjea, Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History & Archaeology, Lucknow University, who liked this work very much, especially the angle of the treatment and he suggested I should now work on ‘An anthology of Pratimālakṣaṇas’ making an advancement on Sri Rao’s work. I took his advice to my heart and dedicated myself with heart and soul and added another volume to the subject. Later on a third volume, ‘An anthology of Citralakṣaṇa’ was also added and thus all these may be said to fittingly comprise the full subject of Indian Iconography.