A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.2
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.2
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Amarāvatī, position of, 132; sculptures of Kushān period at, 133, 148–56. Amarnāth (Ambarnāth), temple and sculptures at, 215, 218. Amar Singh, Rānā, 426. Ambusthāla, *dāgaba*, 54, 88. Amitābha Buddha, 315. *Amorini*, 384. Ampthill, Lord, bronzes exhibited by, 236 note, 249. Ānanda, colossal statue of, 243, 244. Ananta, serpent, 164. Anāthapinda, banker, 71. ‘Ancient West’, school of, 305–7, 314. Āndhra kings, 150, 155, 275. Anegundi, paintings at, 345. Angelico, Fra, compared with Ajantā artists, 292. Animals, in Indian art, 6, 388; on Asoka pillars, 59, 95; at Bharhut, 71; in Indo-Persian art, 495. ‘Annunciation’, at Fathpur-Sīkrī, 460. Antalkidas, king of Taxila, 65. Anūpchhatar, artist, 482. Anūp Rāi, (1) courtier, 424; (2) artist, 482. Anurādhapura, city, 49, 53–6, 92; statues, reliefs, &c., at, 241, 242, 245, 249, 250; early paintings at, 298, 301. *Anwār-i-Suhaili*, MS., 459 note. Apollo, Buddha in guise of, 99; Didymaeus, 101. Arahat, a Jain saint, 144. Arch, Hindu, 13; Muhammadan, 392, 394, 397, 398. Archipelago, *see* Malay Archipelago. Architecture, originality of Indian, 7; Jain, 11; Hindu styles of, 13–56; history of, begins with Asoka, 13, 57; Buddhist forms of, 14; theory of origins of, 18, 57; styles deduced from temples, 23; two leading styles, 24; Āryāvarta or Indo-Aryan style, 25; Bengal style, 28; modern style, 30; Gupta style, 30; Gūjarātī style, 32; Dravidian or Southern style, 32; Chalukyan, Deccan, or Mysore style, 39; Ballāri variety of Dravidian style, 44; Kashmīr style, 45; Nepalese style, 48; in Ceylon, 48, 52–6; no trace in India of Greek, 101; Indo-Muhammadan in Trichinopoly District, 232; in Java, 261; Indo-Muhammadan styles, 391–420; origin of Muslim, 392; Indo-Persian forms of, 405–18; decline of, 419; uniformity of Muhammadan, 421. Arjumand Begam = Mumtāz Mahall, *q. v.*, 414. Arjuna, relief of penance of, 221, 222. Armour, of Kanishka's time, 122, 123. Arsacidan dynasty of Persia, 158. Art, Asiatic, *see* Asiatic art; Chinese, *see* Chinese art;