Contents Preface 4 Foreword 7 Word from the Sponsor ..10 Colophon .12 Curator's Foreword 18 RANESH RAY Introduction . 21 KAPILA VATSYAYAN Catalogue Tejas. Eternal Energy 1500 years of Indian Art.. 31 PRIA DEVI Cdntributions The Myth of'The Churning of the Primeval Ocean'. 225 JAN VAN ALPHEN Art, Patrons, and Social Identity in Early Mathura (2nd century BCE to yd century CE) .. 235 CHANDREYI BASU The Intention behind Surasundaris: the 'Beautiful Celestials' of Temple Art 242 DEVANCANA DESAI Khajuraho: Makers, Play and Cosmic Model . 247 DEVANCANA DESAI The Buddhist Monuments of Ratnagiri 254 DEBALAMITRA Images of Serenity: The Representation of The Tirthankara in Jainism .. 263 JAN VAN ALPHEN Yogini Cult and Temples: A Tantric Tradition 269 VIDYADEHEJIA Pallava and Chola Art .. 277 R. NAGASWAMY