A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.15
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.15
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Hāfiz Rahmat, library of, 457 note, 458. Haidar Mirzā Dughlat, 454. Hakim Muhammad Khān, artist, 350. Halebid, temples at, 40, 43. *Hallīsaka*, a musical play, 295. Halos, plain in Kushān age, 148. Hampi, on site of Vijayanagar, 39. Hamzah, Amīr, Romance of, 454, 468, 470, 490. Han dynasty of China, 129, 130. Hands, in Indian art, 6, 180, 267. Hanguranketa, ‘floral moonstone’ from, 246. Hanna, Col., collection of, 460 note, 484. Hanumān, image of, 228, 230 note. Haribans, artist, 470. Hārītī, goddess, 114–16. Harsha Sīlāditya, king of Kanauj, 158, 306, 307. Hārūn-ar-rashīd, Khalīf, 392. Hāshim, Mīr, artist, 482. Hastings, Warren, collected pictures, 330. Hasurāja = ? Hasnarāja, 305, 306. Hāthī Gumphā cave, 84 note. Havell, Mr. E. B., on Indian art, 5, 12, 127. Hay, Mr., collection of, 331, 332. Hazāra, District, heads from, 100; Ramaswāmi temple, 229, 230. Heads, from Gandhāra, 100, 101. Hearn, Lafcadio, on Oriental art, 6. Heliodoros, Besnagar inscription of, 65. Hellenistic art, forms in India, 97, 134, 378–80, 384–7, 390. Hendley, Col., on Indian jewellery, 355 note. Herakles (Hercules), figure posed as, 124; and Nemean lion, 134. Herringham, Mrs., on Ajaṇṭā frescoes, 278, 293, 294. Hidda, images found at, 100. Hilāl Khān Kāzī, mosque of, 401. Hima = Kadphises II, *q. v.* Hīnayāna school of Buddhism, 275. Hindu, term includes Jain and Buddhist, vi, 5; alleged superiority of art, 4, 182; elements in Indo-Persian school, 6; characteristics of art, 6; indigenous styles, 7; no art literature, 8, 304; worship and art, 12; styles of architecture, 13–56; ordinary temple, 24; buildings in Muslim style, 30; gods in Buddhist temples, 51; civilization, 58; drama, 159, 379; exaggeration of female form, 162; canon of sculpture, 170; later mythology, 181; sculpture in Bengal, Bihār, and Orissa, 184, Addenda; dictionary of mythology at Chitōr, 202; dynasty of Vijayanagar, 228; temples in Ceylon, 246; art in Far East, 259; kingdom of Majapāhit, 261; early schools of painting, 272–302; pictorial tradition, 272; painting, mediaeval and modern, 303–350, Addenda; lost frescoes, 303; Rājās of Kāngrā, 325; mythological paintings, 328, 330, 338; skill in drawing animals and plants, 328; musical modes, 330; portraits of deities, 336; minor arts, 351–76; die-cutters, 351; gems and seals, 352; foreign influences on art, 377–90; mediaeval revival, 390; masons, 392; construction, 394, 397, 401; composite style, 419; artists, 424, 455, 469, 490; lattices, 432; tiles, 444; queen of Akbar, 459; perspective, 494; legends, 496.