The Art and Architecture of India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain |
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THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION | 11 |
VEDIC AND PREMAURYA CIVILIZATIONS | 20 |
THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA | 26 |
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Amaravati ancient Andhra Angkor Thom Angkor Wat Anuradhapura architecture artist Asia Aśoka Bāmiyān Barabuḍur Bayon Bhājā Bhārhut Bodhisattva body Brahmanic bronze Buddha Buddha images Buddhist art building Calcutta Cambodia capital carving Cave cella central centre century A.D. Ceylon chaitya chaitya-hall Classical conception Coomaraswamy decoration dedicated deities divine dome Dravidian Dynasty earliest early entirely examples façade feet figures galleries Gandhāra Ground plan Gupta Period Hindu Hinduism Hsüan-tsang iconographical illustration India Indian art Indra Indus Valley Iran Jain Jātaka Java Kanishka Khmer King Kizil Kushan later London magic Mahāyāna Mamallapuram Mathura Maurya Mohenjo-daro monument motifs Museum niches origin ornament painting Pāla Pallava panels pillars Plate Polonnaruwa prototypes pyramid relief representation represented rock-cut Roman roof Sañchi sanctuary Sarnath sculpture shape shrine sikhara Singhalese Śiva spire statues stone storeys structure stupa style stylistic suggestion symbol Taxila temple terraces tion tower tradition typical Vedic vihāra Vishnu wall wall-paintings western yakshi