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A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.5.3

A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.5.3

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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;