Contents:
Acknowledgements--5
Prologue : art history and the language of stone--8
Chapter 1: Why study the unfinished?--14
Chapter 2: Unfinish to finish : a continuum--28
Chapter 3: A flexible approach to finish : a case study of rock-cut shrines--62
Chapter 4: Inscriptions on unifinished rock-cut monuments--82
Chapter 5: Inscribed names of stone carvers : an issue of account-keeping?--94
Chapter 6: Stone, tools, technique, and teams--116
Chapter 7: Carving Buddhist chaityas in deccan trap--130
Chapter 8: Creating granite monolithic temples : Kalugumalai & Mamallapuram--148
Chapter 9: Process of sculpting from living rock--174
Chapter 10: Proceess & sequence in carving images on slabs of stone--182
Chaptert 11: The rhythm of construction & carving techniques : temples at Halebidu and Thanjavur--194
Chapter 12: Carving in situ & carving in a site workshop--220
Chapter 13: Schist construction in the gandharan swat valley--234
Epilogue : 'The animal master of mamallapuram'--240
Appendix : Geologic observations and analyses of rock-cut and constructed stone temples in South India by Randall Law--250
Notes--263
Bibliography--271
Glossary--274
Index--275