A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.83

c23.83

Nāchnā, Gupta sculptures at, 164 note. Nādirah Begam, 458. Nādir-uz-zamān, artist, 484. Nāga worship, 10, 80; images, 88, 138-40; artists, 304; king, 310; *see* Nāgas and Nāginī. Nāgārjuna, author of *Prajñā-Pāramitā*, 267; Nāga art of time of, 304-6. Nagarkōt = Kāngrā, *q. v.* Nāgas, at Ajaṇtā, 289; *see* Nāga and Nāginī. Nāginī, a female Nāga, 117, 119. Nālandā, monastery at, 184. Nanda Lal Bose, artist, 350. Nandangarh, tumuli at, 17. Nanhā, artist, 488. Nanhā Rāī, artist, 488. Nara temple, *see* Horiūji temple. Narasimha, king of Orissa, 26; statue, 228, 230 note; -varman I, Pallava king, 36, 220. Nāsik, rock-cut church at, 19, 20. Nastalik script, 452. *Naṭarāja* = Siva, dancing, *q. v.*, 249. Nathu in Yūsufzai, vine frieze from, 386, 387. Nathū Shah, artist, 343. Nativity of Buddha, relief, 120, 121, 380. Nats, worship of, 10. Naturalism of Asokan art, 58. Navy, of Chola kings, 223, 224. Nemean lion, groups, 134. Nepāl, architecture in, 47, 48; mediaeval sculpture of, 198-200; schools of art in, 305, 306; painting in, 314; *see* Nepalese. Nepalese miniatures in MSS., 303 note, 324; pictorial art, 322-5; *see* Nepāl. Nēwal, terra-cotta from, 375. Nicholas, St., of Moscow, 321. Nikawaewa monastery, 248. Nīlagiri, Orissa, caves in, 84. Nimbus, early use of, 65; to denote high rank, 308. Niranjana river, 82. Nissanka Malla, *see* Kīrti Nissanka Malla, 244. Nuggehalli, temple at, 40, 41. Nūrjahān, empress, 411, 438.