[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c4.1 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.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 | - [Previous: c3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c3.10) - [Next: c4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c4.3) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c4.1) · Pramāṇa