LIST OF FIGURES ix LIST OF PLATES xi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xv CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE xvii MAP xviii Part One The Prehistoric and Epic Periods in Art and Religion 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. THE PROTO-HISTORIC PERIOD: THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION 11 3. THE EPIC PERIOD: VEDIC AND PRE-MAURYA CIVILIZATIONS 20 4. THE EPIC PERIOD: THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA 26 Part Two The Early Classic Periods 5. THE FIRST INDIAN EMPIRE: THE MAURYA PERIOD 29 6. THE SUNGA PERIOD (185-72 B.C.) 51 7. EARLY ANDHRA PERIOD (72-25 B.C.) 62 8. THE ROCK-CUT SANCTUARIES OF EARLY BUDDHISM 69 Part Three Romano-Indian Art in North-West India and Central Asia 9. ART UNDER THE KUSHANS-I. GANDHARA: GRECO-ROMAN FORM AND INDIAN ICONOGRAPHY 75 10. ART UNDER THE KUSHANS-II. MATHURA: THE INDIAN PHASE 92 11. AFGHANISTAN: THE ROAD TO CENTRAL ASIA 101 12. BUDDHIST ART IN TURKESTAN 112 13. THE ART OF KASHMIR 118 Part Four The Golden Age and End of Buddhist Art 14. THE LATER ANDHRA PERIOD 123 IS. THE GOLDEN AGE: THE GUPTA PERIOD 129 16. LATE BUDDHIST ART IN INDIA, NEPAL, AND TIBET 152 Part Five The Hindu Renaissance 17. THE PERIOD OF THE HINDU DYNASTIES 163 18. SOUTH INDIAN BRONZES 196 19. PAINTING OF THE PERIOD OF THE HINDU DYNASTIES: WALL-PAINTINGS AND MINIATURES 200 Part Six Indian Art in Ceylon and South-East Asia 20. CEYLON 209 21. CAMBODIA: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE KHMERS 224 22. ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN SIAM 248 23. THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF BURMA 253 24. JAVA 258 GLOSSARY 271 BIBLIOGRAPHY 275 The Plates INDEX 283
