Plates in Monochrome

Page THE CREMATION GHAT, BENARES From a bronze in the Calcutta Art Gallery facing xxxvi KALI " xl A VYASA, OR PUBLIC READER, RECITING THE MAHABHARATA From the Indra Temple, Ellora " xlviii INDRA " 4 INTERIOR OF A TEMPLE TO VISHNU (BRINDABAN) " 10 THE PARADISE OF INDRA From a rock sculpture at Mamallapuram " 16 AGNI, THE FIRE GOD From a painting y Nanda Lall Bose " 20 SHIVA'S DANCE OF DESTRUCTION, ELLORA " 26 SURYA IN HIS CHARIOT From the Kailasa Temple, Ellora " 32 THE KAILASA TEMPLE OF SHIVA, ELLORA " 40 YAMA AND SAVITRI From a painting by Nanda Lall Bose " 52 THE CITY OF THE GODS, PALITANA " 58 p. xiv Page DURGA SLAYING GIANTS AND DEMONS From a sculpture at Mamallapuram facing 64 THE CELESTIAL FAIRIES (APSARAS) Sculpture on a modern Hindu temple, Benares " 68 GROUP OF PRESENT-DAY BRAHMANS " 80 SADHUS (RELIGIOUS MENDICANTS) AT BENARES " 82 A YOGI ON A BED OF SPIKES An example of present-day austerities " 84 THE BIRTH OF BRAHMA: SPRINGING FROM A LOTUS ISSUING FROM VISHNU From an original Indian painting " 100 HANUMAN From a bronze in the Victoria and Albert Museum " 106 THE HINDU TRINITY AT ELEPHANTA " 120 VISHNU UPHOLDING THE UNIVERSE From a sculpture at Mamallapuram " 124 KRISHNA AND THE GOPIS (HERDSMAIDS) From a modern sculpture " 128 BUDDHA EXPOUNDING THE LAW " 130 THE BOAR INCARNATION OF VISHNU RAISING THE EARTH FROM THE DEEP From a rock sculpture at Udayagiri

" 136 INTERIOR OF A ROCK-HEWN BUDDHIST TEMPLE (AJANTA) " 140 LAKSHMI ARISING FROM THE SEA OF MILK From a sculpture at Mamallapuram " 144 p. xv Page SHIVA DANCING ON TRIPURA From a bronze in the Madras Museum facing 148 GANESHA From a sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum " 150 KARTIKEYA, THE WAR GOD From a painting by Surendra Nalh Gangoly " 152 PARVATI, THE WIFE OF SHIVA From a South Indian temple " 154 A VAISHNAVAITE NUN READING THE RAMAYANA " 374 THE CORONATION OF RAMA AND SITA " 424