[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c23.5.2 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.5.2 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.5.2 - **Language:** English ### [c23.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c23.5.2) 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; - [Previous: c23.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c23.5.1) - [Next: c23.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c23.5.3) - [Up: c23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c23.5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c23.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c23.5.2) · Pramāṇa