List of Illustrations

PLATES. PAGE FRONTISPIECE (RATHAS OF MAHÂBÂHPUR) 1.—DURGÂ AS THE SERPENT MANASÂ 10 2.—TRAILINGA ÎSHWARA 41 3.—S’IVA DANCING 26 4.—THE BUDDHIST VIRGIN AND CHILD 49 5.—BUDDHA PREACHING 68 6.—THE CHAITYA LINGAM 109 7.—CHAITYA LINGAM WORSHIP 112 8.—SAMANA DEVA RÂJA 113 9.—THE HEAD WITHOUT A JAW 129 10.—A CAVE TEMPLE 133 11.—KAILÂS 147 12.—A MADRAS GOPURA 152 13.—THE PYRAMID, MAHABALIPUR 154 14.—BUDDHIST MONASTERY 166 15.—BUDDHIST MONKS 219 16.—BUDDHIST HIGH ALTAR 222 17.—S’IVA'S TRISULA OR TRIDENT 230 18.—ZODIAC OF S’IVA 231 19.—S’IVA WITH ANTELOPE 230 20.—SEKKRAIA 249 21.—BALI DEVIL-DANCER 251 22.—SESH DISGUISED AS BUDDHA 253 23.—DURGÂ AS A GIANTESS 260 24.—GNOSTIC GEMS 264 p. xii PLATE. PAGE 25.—THE BURNING OF THE NÂGA'S PALACE 275 26.—WORSHIP OF THE SILVER TREE-STEM 284 27.—LINGAM WORSHIP 284 28.—THREE SCENES IN THE INEBRIATING FESTIVAL 285 29.—THE CUP 285 30.—PYRAMID OF WOMEN 286 MINOR ILLUSTRATIONS THE HEAD IN THE ARCHWAY 156 THE TEMPLE AND PALACE 158 S’IVA'S HEAD IN CEYLON 261 SERPENT AND BASKET 281