From the Publisher The Present volume adheres to a study of Arts in India, here more specifically Architecture, Sculpture. Epigraphy and Numismatics. There are forty-one articles contributed by 32 authors. A large portion of these articles were written 30 to 50 years ago. These articles by renowned scholars stand on their own merit and reflect the state of scholarship at the time they were written. These articles acquire a historical importance as they reflect the perception of a generation of pioneers in the field. The selection of the authors was largely determined from the point of view of those who continue to follow in some measure the approach of the earlier writers. Indian art history has taken many pioneers and those others who continue to subscribe to the validity of the earlier approach. This was necessary in order to maintain a measure of continuity and overall 'unity'. Hopefully it has been possible to place together the writings of a generation of scholars who laid the foundation of art history, as distinct from Indian archaeology. It will be proved from this volume that India's contribution in the field of Arts is not negligible and it will give a fair idea of how it influenced the other countries also. The volume will serve as a most useful reference tool for both the educated man or scholar and also the lay man in this field to know this particular subject. Contents   Publisher's Note v Preface xxi 1 INTRODUCTION Ananda K. Coomaraswamy 3 ARCHITECTURE 2 THE STUPA Amita Ray 37 3 ROCK-CUT CAVES (Buddhist, Jaina and Brahmanical) Asok K. Bhattacharya 74 4 REFLECTIONS ON SCHOOLS AND STYLES OF INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE Nirmal K. Bose 87 5 INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE (early Phase up to 750 A. D.) Michael W. Meister 103 6 NAGARA TEMPLES Nirmal K. Bose 115 7 DRAVIDA AND CALUKYA TEMPLES K. R. Srinivasan 142 8 JAINA ARCHITECTURAL TRADITIONS AND CANONS Gopilal Amar 211 9 SOME ARCHITECTURAL CONVENTIOS OF KERALA K. R. Pisharoti 248 10 THE SPIRIT OF TIBETAN ARCHITECTURE Lama Anagarika Govinda 258 11 INDO-ISLAMIC ARCHITECTRE (1192-1803 A. D.) R. Nath 263 SCULPTURE 12 INDIAN SCULPTURE: ESSENCE AND FORM O. C. Gangoly 303 13 HARAPPAN ART Jagat Pati Joshi 323 14 ANCIENT INDIAN TERRACOTTAS C. C. Dasgupta 347 15 MAURYA AND SUNGA SCULPTURE Nihar Ranjan Ray 360 16 KUSANA SCULPTURE R. C. Sharma 398 17 GUPTA SCULPTURE Stella Kramrisch 416 18 PALA AND SENA SCULPTURE Stella Kramrisch 440 19 MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE (DECCAN AND THE SOUTH) C. Sivaramamurti 475 20 EARLY JAINA SCULPTURE (300 B. C.-300 A. D.): EAST INDIA Debala Mitra 504 21 EARLY JAINA SCULPTURE (300 B. C.-300 A. D.): WEST INDIA U. P. Shah 520 22 HINDU ICONOGRAPHY N. P. Joshi 528 23 BUDIST ICONOGRAPHY J. N. Banerjea 554 24 DIAGRAMS AND SYMBOLS OF JAINA ICONOGRAPHY U. P. Shah 573 25 JINA IMAGE IN AGAMIC AND HYMNIC TRADITION M. A Dhaky 604 26 JAINA ICONOGRAPHY Juthika Maitra 631 27 LATE JAINA WOOD-CARVINGS V. P. Dwivedi 657 28 TEMPLE TERRACOTTA EPIGRAPHY AND NUMISMATICS 29 INDIAN EPIGRAPHY D. C. Sircar 685 30 EPIGRAPHIC BEARING ON EARLY INDIAN ART B. N. Mukherjee 708 31 ART IN THE COINS OF EARLY AND MEDIEVAL INDIA B. N. Mukherjee 719 32 ART AND INDIAN EPIGRAPHY Z. A. Desai 755 33 CALLIGRAPHIC ART IN PERSO-ARABIC EPIGRAPHS Ashok K. Bhattacharyya 785 INDIAN ART AND THE EAST 34 SOUTH EAST ASIAN ART Ananda K. Coomaraswamy 801 35 INDIA AND CENTRALASIA R. C. Majumdar 874 36 INDIA AND CHINA: THE BEYOND AND HE WITHIN Lokesh Chandra 883 37 INTERFLOW OF ART BETWEEN INDIA AND JAPAN Lokesh Chandra 903 38 INDONESIAN ART: INDIAN ECHOES K. K. Ganguly 931 39 PAGAN: THE INDIAN CONNECTION K. K. Ganguly 939 40 ART OF NEPAL Amita Ray 945 41 ART OF SRI LANKA H. T. Basnayake 997 INDEX 1015

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