[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 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c4: Contents A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c4 - **Language:** English ### Contents ### [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 | ### [c4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c4.3) | CHAP. | | PAGE | | | Section 4. Bāgh . . . . . . . . . | 294 | | | Section 5. Ceylon . . . . . . . . | 295 | | | Bibliographical Note . . . . . . . | 302 | | IX. | HINDU PAINTING, MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN . . . . | 303 | | | Section 1. General Observations . . . . . | 303 | | | Section 2. Chinese Turkistan . . . . . . | 307 | | | Bibliographical Note . . . . . . . | 314 | | | Section 3. Tibet and Nepāl . . . . . . | 314 | | | Bibliographical Note . . . . . . . | 325 | | | Section 4. Kāngrā . . . . . . . . | 325 | | | Section 5. Eighteenth-Century Painting, chiefly Mythological | 328 | | | Section 6. Southern India . . . . . . | 344 | | | Section 7. Ceylon . . . . . . . . | 345 | | | Section 8. Modern Schools . . . . . . | 346 | | | I. Pictures in European Style . . . . | 346 | | | II. The Bengālī Nationalist School . . . | 348 | | X. | HINDU MINOR ARTS . . . . . . . . | 351 | | | Section 1. Coinage . . . . . . . . | 351 | | | Section 2. Gems, Seals, and Jade . . . . . | 352 | | | Section 3. Jewellery . . . . . . . | 354 | | | Section 4. Reliquaries and Gold Images . . . . | 355 | | | Section 5. Silver Paterae and Bowls . . . . | 360 | | | Section 6. Copper Vessels . . . . . . | 364 | | | Section 7. Wood-carving . . . . . . | 364 | | | Section 8. Ivories . . . . . . . . | 370 | | | Section 9. Terra-cottas and Clay Figures . . . | 372 | | XI. | THE FOREIGN INFLUENCES ON HINDU ART . . . . | 377 | | XII. | THE INDO-MUHAMMADAN STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE . . | 391 | | | Bibliographical Note . . . . . . . | 420 | | XIII. | INDO-MUHAMMADAN DECORATIVE AND MINOR ARTS . . | 421 | | | Section 1. General Observations . . . . . | 421 | | | Section 2. Coins, Gems, and Seals . . . . . | 422 | | | Section 3. Figure Sculpture . . . . . . | 424 | | | Section 4. Calligraphy and Decorative Reliefs . . . | 428 | | | Section 5. Lattices . . . . . . . . | 432 | | | Section 6. Inlay and Mosaic . . . . . . | 437 | | | Section 7. Enamelled Tiles . . . . . . | 441 | | | Bibliographical Note . . . . . . . | 448 | | XIV. | INDO-PERSIAN OR MUGHAL PAINTING . . . . . | 450 | | | Section 1. Origin, History, and Technique . . . | 450 | | | Section 2. The Artists and their Works . . . . | 469 | | | Section 3. Criticism . . . . . . . | 492 | | | Bibliographical Note . . . . . . . | 497 | | | Appendix . . . . . . . . . | 498 | | ADDENDA . . . . . . . . . . . | 500 | | GENERAL INDEX . . . . . . . . . . | 502 | --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c4) · Pramāṇa