A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.93
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c23.93
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Tablet of homage, 144. Tahia (*ta-hsia*) = Bactria, 155. Tāj, the, architect of, 5, 416–18; description and history of, 412, 414–18, 420; dados of, 432, 433; railing at, 436, 437. Takht-i-Bahāi, Graeco-Buddhist site, 98, 99 note. Taklamakān desert, 130; = Gobi, 307. Tamankaduwā, cave painting at, 302. Tamil states 57; country, 234; invaders of Ceylon, 246; saints, 254–6. Tāndava dance of Siva, 212, 214, 252. Tanjore, great temple at, 36; temple of Subrāhmanya at, 37, 38. Tānk, patera from, 362, 363. Tāntipāra mosque at Gaur, 442. Tantric Mahāyānist Buddhists in Ceylon, 50, 51 note; images, 184, 186, 191, 214. Tantrimalai, images at, 92, 242, 244. Taoism, a Chinese religion, 313. Tārā, (1) Buddhist goddess, 184, 190, 200; (2) artist, 328, 470. Tāranāth, on Indian art, 8, 273, 304–7; historian of Buddhism, 150. *Tarḥ* (*tarraḥ*), defined, 462 note. Tārpatri, temple and sculptures at, 231, 380. Tashilumpo, statuettes made at, 198. *Tathāgata*, a title of Buddha, 79 note. Tatta, tiles at, 448. Tavernier, on the Tāj, 414–16. Taxila, Antalkidas king of, 65; Ionic temples of, 101, 126. Tejpāl, temple built by, 32, 207. Temptation of Buddha, in sculpture and painting, 176–8. Tēr, Buddhist church at, 19. Terra-cotta, Indian, 372, 374–6. *Terre verte*, pigment, 279. Thān, sandstone carvings at, 216. Thanēsar, Harsha king of, 306. Thevenot, on Delhi elephants, 426. Thunderbolt-bearer, or Vajrapāṇi, 106. Thūpārāma, (1) *dāgaba* at Anurādhapura, 49, 92; (2) the *vihārē* so-called at Polonnāruwa, 52. Tibet, mediaeval sculpture of, 198–200; painting in, 314–22, Addenda. Tibetan earliest painting, 308, 313; block-prints, 321. Tigawā, Gupta temple at, 32, 162. Tiles, enamelled, 441–9; origin of, 441; early Indian, 442; Mughal, 444; Sind, 448. Timūr, tomb of, 441. Tīmūrid style, 451, 463. Tinnevelly, temple at, 38; bronzes from, 236 note. *Tiringi-talai*, pattern, 167, 168. Tiriyyā, artist, 472, 473. Tīrthankara, Jain saint, 157, 270. Tirumalai, Jain paintings at, 303 note, 344. Tirumalla Nāik, ruler of Madura, 232, 233, 236. Tirupati, brass images at, 238. Tiruvarur, near Negapatam, 255. Tivanka Vihārē, at Polonnāruwa, 51, 52. Todas, circular shrines of, 17. Toluvila Buddha, 6, 92, 94; monastery at Anurādhapura, 53. Topāvewa, modern name of Polonnāruwa, 49 note. Tope = *stūpa, q. v.*, 14. *Toraṇa* = gateway in railing, 76. Tortoise, jade, 354, 357; ivory, 372, 373. Toyoq, archaic Indian pictures at, 313.