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A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c4.1

A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c4.1

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c4.1

| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | INTRODUCTION . . . . . | I |
| | Bibliographical Note . . . . . | 12 |
| II. | THE HINDU STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE . . . . . . . . | 13 |
| III. | SCULPTURE OF THE EARLY PERIOD . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
| | Section 1. The Age of Asoka . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
| | Section 2. Post-Asokan Sculpture . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
| | Bibliographical Note . . . . . | 96 |
| IV. | THE HELLENISTIC SCULPTURE OF GANDHĀRA . . . . . . . | 97 |
| | Section 1. Introductory Observations . . . . . . . . . | 97 |
| | Section 2. Description of the Sculptures . . . . . . . . | 106 |
| | Section 3. Criticism . . . . . | 125 |
| | Bibliographical Note . . . . . | 131 |
| V. | SCULPTURE OF THE KUSHĀN PERIOD, OTHER THAN THE GANDHĀRA SCHOOL | 132 |
| | Section 1. General Observations . . . . . . . . . . | 132 |
| | Section 2. Mathurā and Sārnāth . . . . . . . . . . | 134 |
| | Section 3. Amarāvatī . . . . . | 148 |
| | Section 4. Dānavulapād (Jain) . . . . . . . . . . . | 156 |
| | Bibliographical Note . . . . . | 157 |
| VI. | SCULPTURE OF THE GUPTA PERIOD . . . . . . . . . . | 158 |
| | Section 1. General Observations . . . . . . . . . . | 158 |
| | Section 2. Northern India . . . . . | 159 |
| | Section 3. Western and Southern India . . . . . . . . | 176 |
| VII. | MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN SCULPTURE . . . . . . . . . | 181 |
| | Section 1. General Observations . . . . . . . . . . | 181 |
| | Section 2. North-Eastern India . . . . . . . . . . . | 183 |
| | Section 3. Tibet and Nepāl . . . . . | 198 |
| | Section 4. North-Western India and Rājputāna . . . . . . | 200 |
| | Section 5. Western India . . . . . | 208 |
| | Section 6. Southern India . . . . . | 218 |
| | A. Stone . . . . . | 218 |
| | B. Bronzes and Brasses . . . . . . . . . . . | 236 |
| | Section 7. Ceylon . . . . . | 241 |
| | A. Stone . . . . . | 241 |
| | B. Bronzes . . . . . | 248 |
| | Section 8. Java . . . . . | 259 |
| | Bibliographical Note . . . . . | 267 |
| | Section 9. Jain (all India) . . . . . | 267 |
| VIII. | THE EARLY SCHOOLS OF HINDU PAINTING . . . . . . . . | 272 |
| | Section 1. General Observations . . . . . . . . . . | 272 |
| | Section 2. Rāmgarh Hill, Orissa . . . . . . . . . . | 273 |
| | Section 3. Ajantā . . . . . | 274 |