A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.91

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Saiva form of Hinduism, 11, 215; *see* Siva. Saka era, 259, 260. Sakra = Indra, 108, 120. Sakti, consort of a Dhyāni-Buddha, 316. Sākyamuni, oldest images of, 144. Sakyas, sage of, a title of Gautama Buddha, 9, 57. Saladin, M., on Indian architecture, 420 note. Sālār, Sayyid, tomb of, 420. Salem District, 248. Salīm, (1) Chishtī, tomb of, 432, 434, 437, 441; (2) Prince, portraits of, 475, *see* Jahāngīr. Salt Range, temples in, 45, 46. Samara, early Muhammadan buildings at, 392. Samarkand, tile-work at, 441. Sambhal, Bābar's mosque at, 406. Samudragupta, king, 159, 174; coins of, 352, 353. Sānchī, great *stūpa* at, 14–17, 73; railing, 16, 50; gateways and sculptures, 74–82; work of ivory-carvers at, 58 note, 307, 372 note. Sandrokottos = Chandragupta Maurya, *q. v.*, 57. Sandstone, pale from Chunar, 133, 148, 168; red from Mathurā, 133, 148, 410; Gūjarāt, 432. Sanghāo, Hellenistic sculptures from, 99 note, 118, 356, 358. Sankisa, Asoka pillar at, 59, 60. Sāntīsvara, Jain Tīrthankara, 238. Sānwlah, artist, 470. Sārangpur mosque, 432, 433. Sarasvatī, Tibetan statuette of, 200, 201; Javanese image of, 263, 266. Sardār Khān, Nawāb, mosque and tomb of, 402. Sari in Java, temples at, 261. Sārnāth, near Benares, 132; sacred buildings at, 133, 147; sculptures of Kushān period at, 148; sculptures of Gupta period, 168–70; terra-cotta head from, 374, 375, 378 note. Sarwan, artist, 462, 472, 474, 475. Sasēruwa, colossus at, 242. Sassanian dynasty, 159;

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element in Muhammadan architecture, 392; coins, 422. Sasseram = Sahasrām, *q. v.*, 406. Sat Mahāl Prasādaya, 55. *Satī*, *see* Suttee. Sayyid Ali, Mir, artist, 454, 470. Sculpture, Indian, opinions depreciating, 2; best categories of, 5; generalized and monstrous forms in, 6; originality of, 8, 390; of early period, 57–96; early work all Buddhist, 58, 78, 99; in Maurya age, 59; best Asokan, 60; post-Asokan on stone railings, 66; early, in western cave-temples, 84; early, in Ceylon, 86–95; Hellenistic of Gandhāra, 97–131; historical interest of Gandhāra, 104; description of Gandhāra, 106–25; criticism of Gandhāra, 125–31; of Kushān period, 132–57; of Mathurā and Sārnāth, 134–48; of Amarāvatī, 148–56; Jain, at Dānavulapād, 156; of Gupta period, 158–80; of Northern India, 159–76; of Western and Southern India, 176–80; mediaeval and modern, 181–271; in North-eastern India, 183–98, Addenda; in Tibet and Nepāl, 198–200; in North-western India and Rājputāna, 200–8; in Western India, 208–18; in Southern India, 218–40; in Ceylon, 241–58; in Java, 259–67; mediaeval Jain, in all India, 267–71; Tāranāth on schools of, 304–7; foreign influence on, 378–86; animals and plants in, 388; Muhammadan figure, 424–8; Muhammadan decorative, 428–32. Seals, Hindu, 352; Muhammadan, 422, 424. Secundra, *see* Sikandarah. Seleucus Nikator, 57. Seven Pagodas, at Māmallapuram, *q. v.*, 36. Shabkadar, four-armed image from, 124, 125. Shahjahān, buildings of, 412–18; lion gem of, 424;

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favoured *pietra dura*, 438, 441; painting in reign of, 482; portrait of, 483. Shahjahānabad, new Delhi, 428. Shālamār, gardens at Lahore, 416 note. Shams-ud-dīn = Iyaltimish, *q. v.*, 391 note. Shankar, artist, 462, 474. Shantung, province, 129. Sharf-un-nissa, tomb of, 446. Sharīf Khān, Amīr-ul-umarā, 452 note. Sharkī dynasty of Jaunpur, 398. Shāyista Khān, Nawāb, portrait of, 490, 491. Shell-niche, 386. Shēr Shah, 406, 407; tiles on tomb of, 444. Shīa sect, 422, 455. 'Shish Mahalls', 441. Siam, Indian traditions in, 259, 260. Sibi Rājā, at Ajantā, 288. Siddhārtha, Prince = Buddha, *q. v.*, 382. Sīdī Sayyad's mosque, 432. Sigīriya, frescoes at, 6, 8, 159, 277, 296–8; forms of name, 295 note. Sikandar Lodi, tomb of, 397 note. Sikandarah, Akbar's tomb at, 410, 430, 431. Sikh artist, 490. Sikrī, (1) in Yūsufzai, 'Emaciated Buddha' from, 110; (2) *see* Fathpur-Sīkrī. Sīlāditya (Sīla), king, (1) Guhila of Mewār or Udaipur, 306, 307; (2) Harsha of Kanauj, *q. v.*, 306, 307. Silenus, supposed image of, 136. Silk, introduced into Khotan, 310; paintings on, 313, 315, 316. *Silpa-śāstras*, 8, 104. Silva-tenna, Ceylonese artist, 346. Silver, paterae and bowls, 360–4. Sinan, architect, 426. Sind, Muhammadan conquest of, 391; tiles, 448. Sirimā, Yakshī, 73. Sirōn, *see* Sarwan, artist. Sirpur, Gupta sculptures at, 164 note. Sitpur, tile decoration at, 442 note. Siva, Dancing, images of, 1, 182, 236 note, 238, 249–53; temples in Ceylon of, 51; as *mahāyogī*, 161, 162;

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in sculptures of western caves, 210–15; in sculpture of Chola period, 225, 226; as supplicant, 234, 236; as Bodhisattva, 261; worshipped by Pallava kings, 275; Dancing, burlesqued, 366; *see* Saiva. Skandagupta, king, 164, 174.