A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.87

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Persepolitan capital, 59, 70, 86, 102. Persia, dynasties of, 158. Persian art and influence, 3, 58, 60, 307-10, 328, 362, 377, 388, 391, 402, 405, 419, 422, 430, 441, 450, 452, 454, 460, 463, 466, 469, 496; painting introduced by Akbar, 127, 455; figures at Ajantā, 287, 289-91; artists at Rome, 466. Perso-Ionic capital, 101, 102. Perspective, Hindu, 67, 82; Indo-Persian, 464, 468, 492. Peshāwar District, sculptures from, 98; Kanishka's *stūpa* in, 356. Phattā, champion, 48, 428 note. Pidurāngala temple, 298. *Pietra dura*, inlay, 418, 437, 438. Pigments, in India and Ceylon, 279; Indo-Persian, 462; *see* Colours. Pilasters, in Gandhāra, 101, 336. Pillars, of Asoka, 20, 21; Jain, 22; in Ceylon, 52; of Heliodoros, 65; Gupta, 174; *see* Columns. *Pīpal* tree, 144. Piprāwa, *stūpa* at, 17, 355 note. Pirthīrāj Chauhān, 336. Pitalkhorā, early sculpture at, 84, 86. Plants, in Hindu art, 6, 386-9; in Indo-Persian art, 495. Polonnāruwa, bronzes from, 6, 249-56; city, 49, 51-5; sculptures and temples at, 241-6; mediaeval paintings at, 345. Pompeii, paintings at, 274. Portrait statues of founders, 86 note; of kings, 88; busts in Rājputāna, 207, 208; Tibetan statuettes, 198. Portraiture, the glory of the Indo-Persian school, 496. Poseidon, image of, 124. 'Potgul Vehera' monastery, 56 note. *Prajñā-Pāramitā*, Javanese image of, 264, 267. Prambānam, remains at, 261, 266. Prasenajita Rāja, 71. Prayāga = Allahabad, *q. v.*, 174. Prices, of pictures, 458. Pulakesin II, Chalukya king, 36, 158, 260, 275, 279, 290. Pulastipura = Polonnāruwa, *q. v.*, 49 note. Purchas, quoted, 425. Purī, temple of Jagannāth at, 26, 192, 194; group of mother and child at, 182, 194. Purushapura = Peshāwar, *q. v.*, 98. Pushyamitra tribe, 174.