A Comprehensive History of India: pt. 1-2. A.D. 300-985Orient Longmans, 1982 - India |
Contents
Foreword | 773 |
Chapter TwentyEight | 779 |
vii Worshippers of Karttikeya and Ganapati | 815 |
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Aihole Ajanță ancient appears architectural belonging Bengal Bombay Brāhmaṇa Brahmanical Buddha Buddhist Calcutta carved cave Central centre century A.D. chaitya Chalukyas Chandra-gupta China Chinese Chola Classical coinage commentary cult culture Deccan deity depicted dynasty earlier earliest early Eastern eighth century Ellora figures Fu-nan Gandhāra goddess gold coins Gupta period hand Hindu History Hiuan Tsang Ibid icons images inscription Jain Jaina Jainism Jātaka Java Kambuja Kashmir king kingdom known Kushāņa large number later legend literature Madras Mahāyāna mandapa Mathura mentioned monastery monks monuments Museum Nagara temple Nāgas Nālandā Northern India obverse Orissa Paharpur paintings Pallava panel Pārvatī pillars plastic poems poet Prakrit probably referred region reign reverse rulers Sailendras Saiva sanctum Sangam Sanskrit Sarnath scholars sculptures seated seventh century shows shrine sikhara silver Siva sixth century South India standing stanzas story style Tamil texts tion trans Vishnu worship