Preface by R.Skelton, Keeper, Indian Department vii SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE FLAWS IN BUDDHIST ICONOLOGY 3 Prof. Walter M. Spink, University of Michigan. AN EARLY SCULPTURE FROM AHVA, DANGS, SOUTH GUJARAT 9 Dr U.P. Shah, retired Deputy Director, Oriental Institute, University of Baroda. THE PANHALE KAJI CAVES: A HINAYANA AND TANTRIC VAJRAYANA CENTRE, WITH CAVES OF THE N ATHA SAMPRADA YA 14 M.N.Deshpande, Director, Technological & Architectural Survey of Western Indian Caves, Bombay. SCULPTURAL ART OF THE KARNASUVARNA REGION OF BENGAL: ITS TRAITS AND PROBLEMS 18 Dr Amita Ray, Dept. of Archaeology, Calcutta University. BRAHMANICAL TANTRIC ART IN ORISSAN CULT IMAGES 25 Dr H.C.Das, Superintendent of Museums, Orissa. A SPECIAL TYPE OF DEVI FIGURE FROM BlHAR AND BENGAL 33 Dr G.Bhattacharya, Museum of Indian Art, Berlin. SOME GLAZED TILES IN 15TH-CENTURY BlDAR 41 Dr Yolande Crowe, London. AKBAR AND THE COSMIC PILLAR 47 John C.Irwin, retired Keeper, Indian Dept., Victoria & Albert Museum. NOTES ON THE PAINTED AND SCULPTURED DECORATION OF NUR jAHAN's PAVILIONS IN THE RAM BAGH (BAGH-I NUR AFSHAN) AT AGRA 51 Mrs Ebba Koch, research scholar, Vienna. THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE NAWABS OF AVADH, 1722-1856 66 DrB.Tandan, Aligarh. RURAL WALL PAINTING OF ORISSA: A STUDY OF FOUR VILLAGES 76 Stephen P.Huyler, research scholar, Maine. PAINTING THE BRITISH LIBRARY'S SHAHNAMA OF 1438 AS A SULTANATE MANUSCRIPT 87 Barbara Brend, research scholar, London. AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE ON THE EMPEROR AKBAR'S RAMAYANA AND ITS MINIATURES 94 Dr A.K.Das, Director, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, Jaipur. YET ANOTHER ILLUSTRATED AKBARI BABl'RNAMA MANUSCRIPT 105 Dr Ellen S.Smart, Baltimore. NOTES ON THE PORTRAIT OF IBRAHIM 'AD1L SHAH II OF BlJAPUR IN THE NAPRSTEK MUSEUM,PRAGUE 116 Dr Hana Knizkova, Keeper of Indian Art, Naprstek Museum, Prague. PAINTING IN KASHMIR FROM 1600 TO 1650 124 Dr Linda York Leach, London. SELECTIVE REALISM AND STYLISATION IN MUGHAL MINIATURES AND DECORATIVE ARTS Dr Hyla S. Converse, Oklahoma State University. 132 ILLUSTRATED HISTORIES OF SHAH JAHAN: NEW IDENTIFICATIONS OF SOME DISPERSED139 PAINTINGS, AND THE PROBLEM OF THE WINDSOR CASTLE PADSHAHNAMA Prof. Wayne E.Begley, University of Iowa. DARA SHIKUFI'S MYSTICAL VISION OF HINDU-MUSLIM SYNTHESIS 153 Dr Elinor W.Gadon, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University. AN ILLUSTRATED AN1S AL-HAJ IN THE PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM, BOMBAY 158 Dr Sadashiv Gorakshkar, Director, Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay. MUGHAL AND DECCANI INFLUENCE ON EARLY 17TH-CENTURY168 MURALS OF BUNDI Dr Joachim Bautze, Freie Universitat, Berlin. MEWAR PAINTERS, THEIR STATUS AND GENEALOGIES 176 Dr Shridhar Andhare, Director, Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, Ahmedabad. EARLY 18TH-CENTURY PAINTED CITY MAPS ON CLOTH 185 Dr Chandramani Singh, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, Jaipur. ESSENCE AND APPEARANCE: SOME NOTES ON INDIAN PORTRAITURE193 Dr B.H.Goswamy, Panjab University, Chandigarh. MUGHAL CULTURAL INFLUENCE IN THE SETUPATI 203 MURALS IN THE RAMALINGA VILASAM AT RAMNAD Dr R.Nagaswamy, Director of Archaeology, Tamilnadu. DECORATIVE ARTS THE MOTHER-OF-PEARL OVERLAID FURNITURE OF 213 GUJARAT: AN INDIAN HANDICRAFT OF THE l6TH AND I7TH CENTURIES Simon Digby. THE COURT OF AKBAR AND CARPETS IN THE IN-AND-OUT BLOSSOM DESIGN 231 Mrs Jenny Housego, Paris. CONCERNING THE STRUCTURE OF 234 CLASSICAL INDIAN CARPETS Dr May Beattie, Sheffield. THREE INDIAN COSTUME PIECES OF THE MUGHAL PERIOD 243 Margaret Hall, London. INDIAN PAINTERS AS DESIGNERS OF DECORATIVE 253 ART OBJECTS IN THE MUGHAL PERIOD Jagdish Mittal, Hyderabad. THE INDIAN EWER 253 Dr Mark Zebrowski, London. A UNIQUE HUQQA-BASE IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF 260 INDIA DEPICTING THE PADMAVATOV JAYASI Mrs Krishna Lal, Keeper of Decorative Arts, National Museum of India, New Delhi. THE ART OF INDIAN PLAYING CARDS265 Dr Rudolf von Leyden, Vienna.