A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.5

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Besnagar, Maurya sculptures at, 62–5; Heliodoros pillar at, 65; railing at, 66. Betavolu = Jaggayapata, *q. v.*, 86. Bhadrabāhu, scenes from life of, 270. *Bhagavad-Gītā*, quoted, 181. *Bhāgavata Purāna*, illustrations of, 338. Bhagavatī, chlorite statue of, 192, 193. Bhagwān Dās, Rājā, 425. Bhagwān Singh, modeller, 374, 376. Bhairava and Kālī, group, 210. Bhaisajya-guru, image of, 199. Bhājā, early sculpture at, 84, 86, 282. Bhaniyar, *see* Buniār. Bharhut, *stūpa* at, 68; sculptured rail at, 69–73; medallion of monster swallowing boat from, 322. Bhātgāon, temple at, 47, 48. Bhātika Abhaya, king of Ceylon, 92. Bhattiprolu, *stūpa*, 86, 355 note. Bhavavarman, Indian ruler in Cambodia, 261 note. Bhawānī, artist, 471, 472. Bhīlsā, ivory-carvers of, 58 note, 307, 372 note. Bhītargāon, early brick temple at, 13 note, 23, 28; terra-cottas at, 374, 375. Bhitari, Gupta pillar at, 174. Bhringi, attendant of Siva, 112. Bhuvanesvar, temples at, 25–8, 30; sculptures at, 190–3. Bibliothèque Nationale, Indo-Persian drawings in, 499. Bīdar, mosque at, 404. Bihār, mediaeval sculpture of, 183–90. Bihzād, artist, 451–3. Bījāpur, king of, 422; MS. from, 457 note; style of, 404, 405. Bijolia, portrait bust at, 208. Bikanīr, wall-paintings at, 304. Bilhari, Bengālī temple at, 30. Bilsar, Gupta sculptures at, 164 note. Bīmarān, casket or reliquary, 126, 356, 357. Bimbasāra of Magadha, artist, 304, 306. Bimbisāra, Rājā, 82. Bindings, Indo-Persian, 459. Bindusāra, Maurya emperor, 57. Binyon, Mr.

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L., on art of Ajantā, 292. Birbal, Rājā, portrait of, 480. Birdwood, Sir G., on Indian art, 2. Bīthā, Gupta sculptures at, 173. Bitpālo, artist of Bengal, 305–7. Black Pagoda, 26. Block-prints, Tibetan, 321. Blue pigment, 298, 301. Bodh-Gayā, bas-reliefs at, 67, 68. Bodhisattva images, in Gandhāra, 113, 114; at Mathurā and Sārnāth, 143, 144, 148; Siva, as, 261; Persian, from Khotan, 309, 310. Borneo, Indian colonies in, 259. Boro-Būdūr, monument and sculptures at, 181, 261–4. Bowls, silver, 360–4. Brahmā, god, 120. Brahmanical reaction, 183. Brambanam = Prambānam, *q. v.*, 261. Brass portrait statues at Tirupati, 237, 238. Brick temples, 23. Bricks, size of, a test of age, 241. British Museum, Indo-Persian drawings in, 498. Broadsword, Indian, 120, 144. Bronze, mediaeval artists in, 305–7. Bronzes, of Gupta age at Buddhavāni, 179, 180; from Ceylon, 51 note, 248–58; from Tinnevelly, 236 note, from Java, 266, 267; Fatimite, 424. Brush, single-hair, 462, 495. Buddha, image from Java, 2, 265, 266; Toluvila image, 6, 94; called Gautama, 10, 12, 60, 104; Hindu gods subordinate to, 51; no early images of, 10, 67, 79, 106; scenes in life of, 76; ‘Real Presence’ of, 80 note; visit of Bimbisāra to, 82; Ceylonese images of, 92, 241, 244, 258; figure of, in capitals, 102; with moustaches, 106; visit of Indra to, 83, 108, 352; emaciated, 110; Māyā, mother of, 119; nativity of, 120; Great Renunciation of, 122; evolution of type, 125; as *yogī*, 151, 153, 181; image at Sārnāth, 168;

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images at Mathurā, &c., 170, 171, 173, 174; traditional marks of, 174; images at Ajantā, 176; Bihār images of, 185, 190; Ajantā paintings of, 284; temptation of, 289; Tibetan figure of, 315; Amitābha, 315; holy name of, 321; gold statuette of, 356. Buddhapaksha, king, 306. Buddhas, former, 11; long line of, 78; various, 104; saints destined to become, 114; Tibetan, 200, 316. Buddhavāni, bronzes of Gupta age from, 179, 180. Buddhism, and art, 9; of ‘Great Vehicle’, 10, 104, 184; popular, 10, 134, 139, 295, 362; died out in India, 11; dominant to A. D. 100, 14; as state religion, 58; history of, 71, 345; spirit of, 72, 128, 181; Yakshas in, 115; in China, &c., 131, 313; an indigenous Indian religion, 133, 208; triumph of Hinduism over, 210; in Java, 260; Hīnayāna form of, 275; in Iranian lands, 310; Ukhtomskij collection of objects of, 318. Buddhist, image-makers, 8; no distinct style, 9, 140; formula of dedication, 12; *stūpas*, 14; Order, 18; church or ‘chaitya-hall’, 19; cave-temples, 22; *dāgabas* in Ceylon, 49; typical monastery in Ceylon, 50; shrines of Hindu gods, 51; railing, 53; Asoka a convert, 57; image of saint at Sānchī, 64; legends, 66, 67, 150; ancient art, 79; all Gandhāra sculptures, 99; scriptures, 104; adaptations of Ganymede, 118, 119; art in China, &c., 130; *stūpa* at Amarāvati, 133; pillars at Mathurā, 140; earliest images at Mathurā, 144; monasteries at Sārnāth, &c., 159; sculptures of Gupta period, 164, 175; pillars at Garhwā, 166;

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caves at Aurangābād, 178; bronze statuettes from Buddhavāni, 179; mediaeval sculpture, 182; Pāla kings, 184; sculpture rare in Orissa (*see* Addenda), 184; images from Bihār, 185; portrait statuettes of Tibet, 198; caves in Western India, 215; images from Ceylon and Java, 258 note; Chinese pilgrim, 259; remains in Java, 261; Pāli canon, 272; all Ajantā paintings, 279; Wheel of Life, 287; Tāranāth on art, 304-7, 314; Central Asiatic art, 310; buildings at Idiqūt-i-Shahri, 312; art in Far East, 313; painted portraits, 318; Nepalese pictures, 322; miniatures, 324; gems, 352. Budhagupta, pillar of, 174. Buland Darwāza, 410. Bull, symbolical meaning of, 60, 95. Bunēr, sculptures from, 98. Būniār, temple at, 46. Burhānpur, in Deccan, 414. Busts, portrait, in Rājputāna, 207, 208.