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A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.85

A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.85

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c23.85

Padmapāṇi = Avalokitesvara, *q. v.*, 256. *Pailu*, Chinese = *toraṇa*, 76. Painting, merits of Hindu, 5, 6; obscure history of Indian, 8, 388; Buddhist subjects of, 78; Indo-Chinese school of, 131; eastern Bengal school of, 198; in Indian literature, 272; at Rāmgarh Hill, 273; at Ajaṇtā, 274-94; at Bāgh, 294; in Ceylon, early, 295-302; Hindu, mediaeval and modern, 303-50, Addenda; Tāranāth on, 304-7; in Chinese Turkistan, 307-14; in Tibet and Nepāl, 314-25, Addenda; in Kāngrā, 325-7, Addenda; eighteenth century, chiefly mythological, 328-43; in Southern India, 344; in Ceylon, 345; modern schools of, 346-50; animals and plants in Indian, 388, 472, 495; originality of Indian, 390; Indo-Persian or Mughal, 450-500; earliest examples, 450-2; connected with calligraphy, 454; patronized by Akbar, 456; frescoes, 459; technique, 460; Europeanized treatment of, 464, 494; 'miniature', 468; enormous output of Mughal school of, 469; criticism of Mughal, 492-7. Pāla dynasty, 183, 184, 189. Pāli, Gupta sculpture at, 164 note. Pālī Kherā, Bacchanalian group from, 136-8. Palitāna, massed Jain temples at, 11. Pallas Athene, statuette of, 116, 126. Pallava architecture, 36; dynasty, 220, 233, 275. Palmyra, Corinthian columns and capitals at, 102, 124; architecture at, 386. Paltā, hero of Chitōr, 428 note; *see* Phatta. Pan-chao, Chinese general, 130, 131. Panch-Mahall, at Fathpur-Sīkrī, 410. Pāndua, buildings at, 398. Pāṇḍya dynasty, 220. Panels, bronze, from Anurādhapura, 249; incised, 386; of mosques, 430-4. Pānīpat, Bābar's mosque at, 406. Paolo Zamān = Muhammad Zamān, *q. v.*, 466. Parākrama Bāhu, king of Ceylon, 49, 51; supposed statue of, 241; Awkana colossus ascribed to, 242. Parasurāmesvara temple at Bhuvanesvar, 191. Parkham, Yaksha statue at, 64. Parojaya, Southern artist, 305, 306. Pāroli, Gupta sculptures at, 164 note. Pārsī artist, 330. Pārsvanāth, Jain Tīrthankara, 84. Pārvatī, image from Kosam of, 162; marriage of, 215; at Gangaikonda-Cholapuram, 225, 226; bronze figures of, 239, 255; stone image of, 245. Pātaliputra, palace at, 13; capital of early Gupta kings, 158. Paterae, silver, 360-4. Pathāri, birth of Krishna at, 164, 165; monolithic column at, 175. Patna = Pātaliputra, *q. v.*, 13; Khudā Baksh library at, 499. Pattini Devī, goddess, 247, 248. Pāyer, shrine at, 46. Pearse, General, his collection of gems, 352, 424. Pediments, in Kashmīr, 45, 46. Pegu, Chola conquest of, 224 note; Indian traditions in, 259, 260. Pergamene style, 120. Pergamum, Hellenistic art of, 378, 384, 385.