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Preface xi Acknowledgments and Credits xiii A Note on Pronunciation and Transliteration of Sanskrit xix Introduction xxiii Geographical Considerations, xxiii The Problem of Dating, xxv Art and Culture, xxvi PART ONE. Foundations of Indie Civilization: The Prehistoric and Protohistoric Periods 1 Antecedents of Indie Civilization 3 Stone Age Painting and Sculpture, 3 Early Neolithic Art, 5 Conclusion, 8 2 The Indus (or Harappa) Civilization (ca. 2300 to 1750 B.C.) 9 The Cities and Towns, 10 Sculpture, 12 Seals, 18 Pottery, 24 The Eclipse of the Indus Civilization, 25 3 The Vedic and Upanisadic Periods (ca. 1500 to 450 B.C.) 26 The Indo-Aryans, 26 Literary Evidence: The Vedas (ca. 1500 to 800 B.C.), 27 Literary Evidence: The Upanisads (ca. 800 to 450 B.C.), 28 Other Literary Evidence: The Puranas and Epics, 30 Mahavira, Sakyamuni Buddha, and the Rise of Magadha, 31 Archaeological Evidence, 33 Other Indigenous Trends: Megalithic Remains of Southern India, 34 Conclusion, 36 PART Two.Period of the Early Dynasties 4 The Maurya Period (ca. 323 to 185 B.C.) 41 Edicts and Pillars, 43 Rock-cut Architecture, 48 Other Asokan Monuments, 50 Maurya-period Sculpture from Pataliputra, 51 Maurya-period Terra-cotta Sculpture, 54 Conclusion, 55 5The Sunga Period and Related Developments (ca. Second Century to First Century B.C.) 56 Vidisa in the Sunga Period, 57 The Mathura Region During the Sunga Period, 60 Buddhist Art of the Sunga Period: Free-standing Architectural Monuments, 61 Rock-cut Architecture of the Sunga Period: The Western Deccan, 74 The Eastern Deccan: The Andhra Pradesh Region, 85 Sunga-period Terra Cottas, 88 Conclusion, 89 6 Regional Developments (ca. Late First Century B.C. Through First Century A.D.) 90 The Vidisa Region: Sanci, 91 Buddhist Rock-cut Architecture of the Western Deccan: Bedsa, 100 Eastern India: Khandagiri/Udayagiri, 105 Conclusion, 108 7 The Saka and Parthian Kingdoms in the Indie Sphere (ca. First Century B.C. to Mid-First Century A.D.) 109 Introduction to the Bactro-Gandhara Region, 109 The Kapisa Region, 110 The Gandhara Region, 116 The Swat Valley (Ancient Uddiyana), ng Northern India (The Mathura Region), 122 Conclusion, 123 8 The Northwest and Northern Regions Under the Kusanas (ca. Late First Century to Third Century A.D.) 125 Royal Shrines, 126 The Bactro-Gandhara Region: Architecture, 130 The Bactro-Gandhara Region: Sculpture, 133 Northern India: Mathura and Related Sites, 150 Non-Buddhist Sculpture at Mathura, 159 Conclusion, 162 9 Regional Developments in the Deccan (ca. Second and Third Centuries) 163 The Western Deccan Caves, 163 The Eastern Deccan: The Andhra Pradesh Region Under the Later Satavahanas and Iksvakus, 174 Conclusion, 183 PART THREE.Dynasties of the Middle Period 10 The Gupta Period (Fourth to Sixth Centuries) 187 Hindu Art of the Early Gupta Period, 188 Buddhist Art of the Fifth Century: North-Central India (Sanci), 196 Buddhist Art of the Fifth Century: North India (Mathura and Sarnath), 200 Buddhist Art in the Northwest, 205 Hindu Temple Architecture, 206 Brick Temples and Terra-cotta Art, 213 Metal Images, 218 Conclusion, 218 11The Gupta Aftermath 220 The Disintegration of the Empire, 220 Outgrowths of the Gupta Idioms (ca. 550 to 700), 222 Eastern India, 223 Buddhist Art in the East, 223 Hindu Art in the East, 227 Western Indian Developments, 229 Conclusion, 236 12 Buddhist Cave Architecture (Fifth Through Seventh Centuries) 239 Ajanta, 239 Bagh, 260 Kanheri, 262 Aurangabad, 265 Ellora, 268 Conclusion, 274 13 Hindu Rock-cut Architecture of the Deccan (Kalacuri and Early Western Calukya Phases) 275 The Early Kalacuri Period, 275 Caves of the Early Western Calukyas, 282 Conclusion, 290 14 Southern Developments Under the Pallavas and the Pandyas 291 The Pallavas, 291 The Early Pandyas, 319 Conclusion, 321 15 The Early Western Calukya and Related Schools of the Deccan 322 Structural Temples of the Early Western Calukyas, 322 The Eastern Calukyas, 337 The Nolambas, 335 Conclusion, 340 16 Hindu Rock-cut Architecture of the Western Deccan 341 Ellora (Rastrakuta Phase), 341 Conclusion, 350 PART FOUR.Later Northern Schools 17 Kasmir and Related Schools 353 Pre-Karkota Remains, 354 The Karkota Period (ca. 625 to 855), 357 The Utpala Dynasty (ca. 855 to 939), 365 The Two Lohara Dynasties and the Last Hindu Kings (Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries), 368 Kasmiri Ivories and Metal Images, 368 The Art of Adjacent Regions: Western Himalayan Foothills and Western Tibetan Cultural Region, 374 Conclusion, 385 18 Bihar and Bengal Under the Pala and Sena Kings 387 Buddhist Art, 389 Hindu Art, 407 Conclusion, 413 19 Orissa and Related Regions 415 Sripura (Sirpur) and Rajim: Madhya Pradesh, 415 Hindu Art and Architecture of Orissa, 421 Buddhist Art of Orissa, 444 Conclusion, 448 20 North-Central and Northwestern India: The Art of the Rajput Clans 449 The Gurjara-Pratiharas of Kanauj (ca. 730 to 1027), 452 The Haihayas (or Kalacuris) of Tripuri, 462 The Candellas of Bundelkhand, 466 The Paramaras of Malwa, 480 The Solankis of Gujarat (ca. 950 to 1304 [961-1244?]), 483 The Gahadvalas of Varanasl (ca. 1075 to 1200), 499 Manuscript Painting, 500 Conclusion, 502 PART FIVE. Later Schools of the Deccan and the South 21The Cola and Related Schools of the Tamil South (Mid-Ninth to Thirteenth Centuries) 509 Conclusion, 538 22 Later Deccan Schools The Western Gangas of Tajakad (Tenth Century), 541 The Later Calukyas of KalyanI (973 to ca. 1189), 543 The Yadavas of Devagiri (1191 to 1311), 548 The Kakatiyas of Hanamkonda and Warangal (ca. Mid-Eleventh Century to ca. 1325), 549 TheHoysalas of Southern Karnataka (ca. 1006 to 1346), 555 Conclusion, 572 23The Vijayanagar Period (ca. 1336 to 1565) Conclusion, 586 24 The Nayak Period Conclusion, 600 25The Kerala Region 601 Conclusion, 615 Afterword 617 Notes 619 Select Bibliography 659 Glossary 715 List of Maps 733 Illustration Index 735 Index 747 Color Plates appear following pages 162, 402, and 594. |
