CONTENTS : Preface vii KAPILA VATSYAYAN List of Contributors xi I. INTRODUCTION HIMANSHU PRABHA RAY 1 II. AESTHETIC THEORIES UNDERLYING ASIAN PERFORMING ARTS KAPILA VATSYAYAN19 PART I. MONUMENTS: MULTILAYERED HISTORIES III. Sunya: Immanet and Transcendent: Investigating Meanings of Void Through Art's Space SUNG-MIN KIM 29 IV. The Stupa: Symbolizing Religious Architecture in Asia HIMANSHU PRABHA RAY 63 V. Merchants, Ghazis, and the Inception of an 'Islamic' Architecture in South Asia ALKA PATEL 81 VI. Marks and Symbols of Professionals on Mughal Monuments SYED ALI NADEEM REZAVI 107 VII. Spatial Organization of Paharpur Buddhist Establishment SANDRINE GILL 169 Vlll. A Study of Living Culture: Typo-morphology of Vernacular-traditional Houses in Kerala INDAH WIDIASTUTI 199 PART II. MOTIFS: MULTIPLE EXPRESSIONS IX. Avalokitesvara as Continuing Theogony of Interiorization LOKESH CHANDRA 219 X. The Flying Messenger KAPILA VATSYAYAN 225 XI. The Saiva Pantheon in Indonesia : AccuIturation/AssimiIation/Convergence ? NILIMA CHITGOPEKAR 239 XII. Kala-Makara-Toranas : Javanese Expressions of a Shared Motif PARUL PANDY A DHAR 257 PART III. NARRATIVES: MEANINGS AND REALIZATION XIII. Questioning Narrativity and Inscribed Labels: Buddhist Bharhut, Sannati, and Borobudur VIDYA DEHEJlA 285 XIV. Understanding the Painted Jatakas in Ancient India and Sri Lanka M. SOMATHILAKE XV. Crown Jewels of Buddhist Art : Comparisons between Ajanta and Dunhuang CHANG WEN-LING 327 XVI. A System of Knowledge Transmission : The Narrative in Indonesia (c. AD700-900) MALINI SARAN 349 XVII. A Comparative Study of the Wayang Kulit and the Tolpavakoothu Shadow Puppet Theatre 1. NYOMAN SEDANA 373 Index 391