A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.1

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Aachen, ivory panels at, 382. Abaci of Asoka's pillars, 59. Abanindro Nāth Tagore, artist, 348–50, 466. Abbās Shah, I and II, kings of Persia, 466. Abbasid Khalīfs, 392. Abdul Karīm, Mīr, 415. Abdul Samad, artist, 452, 453, 455, 470. Abhayagiri *dāgaba* in Ceylon, 17 note, 49, 55. Ābū, Mount, Jain temples at, 11, 28, 32–4, 270; sculptures at, 32, 202, 207. Abūl Fazl, on Indian art, 8, 304; on Konārak temple, 26; on calligraphy, 452; on story of Daswanth, 455; his list of artists, 469, 470. Abū Turāb, tomb of, 402. Adham Khān, execution of, 462. Ādīnāth, temple of, 32. Afzal Khān, poet, 446. Agesilaos, engineer of Kanishka, 356. Agra, buildings in Fort at, 408; other buildings at, 410–14; elephant statues at, 425; modern *pietra dura* work at, 441. *Ahadī*, defined, 456. Ahīn Pōsh *stūpa*, 99 note, 101; reliquary, 355. Ahmadābād, architecture of, 401–3; panels at, 432, 433; windows at, 432, 434, 435. Ahmad Shah, (1) Sultan of Gūjarāt, 401; (2) Durrānī, 497. Aihole, series of temples at, 24 note. Aix-la-Chapelle = Aachen, *q. v.* Ajantā frescoes, 6, 8, 10, 159, 272, 274–94; technique of frescoes, 277–9; sculptures of Gupta age at, 176–8. Ajātasatru, Rājā, 71. Aji Saka, in Java, 259. Ajmēr, mosque at, 391–4, 428. Ajodhya, picture of court of, 341. Akbar I, emperor, introduced Persian painting, 127, 303, 450; library of, 328; buildings of, 410; coins of, 422, 423; cenotaph of, 421, 430. II, titular emperor, 457 note. *Akbarnāmah*, 456, 458, 462, 464, 470, 474, 496, 498. Alagri Naidu, artist, 347. Alamgīr = Aurangzēb, *q. v.*, 419. Alā-ud-dīn, Khaljī Sultan, 396, 397, 437. Alexandrian influence, 379–82. Ali Mardān Khān, engineer, 416. Allahabad, Asoka pillar at, 59. Alphabet, introduction of, 377. Altamsh = Iyaltimish, *q. v.* Alu-vihari, paintings at, 345. Alwar State, art in, 338, 343. *A'mal*, explained, 462 note.