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THE CREMATION GHAT, BENARES
From a bronze in the Calcutta Art Gallery

facing

xxxvi

KALI

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xl

A VYASA, OR PUBLIC READER, RECITING THE MAHABHARATA
From the Indra Temple, Ellora

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xlviii

INDRA

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4

INTERIOR OF A TEMPLE TO VISHNU (BRINDABAN)

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10

THE PARADISE OF INDRA
From a rock sculpture at Mamallapuram

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16

AGNI, THE FIRE GOD
From a painting y Nanda Lall Bose

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20

SHIVA'S DANCE OF DESTRUCTION, ELLORA

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26

SURYA IN HIS CHARIOT
From the Kailasa Temple, Ellora

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THE KAILASA TEMPLE OF SHIVA, ELLORA

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40

YAMA AND SAVITRI
From a painting by Nanda Lall Bose

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52

THE CITY OF THE GODS, PALITANA

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58

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DURGA SLAYING GIANTS AND DEMONS
From a sculpture at Mamallapuram

facing

64

THE CELESTIAL FAIRIES (APSARAS)
Sculpture on a modern Hindu temple, Benares

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68

GROUP OF PRESENT-DAY BRAHMANS

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SADHUS (RELIGIOUS MENDICANTS) AT BENARES

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A YOGI ON A BED OF SPIKES
An example of present-day austerities

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THE BIRTH OF BRAHMA: SPRINGING FROM A LOTUS ISSUING FROM VISHNU
From an original Indian painting

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100

HANUMAN
From a bronze in the Victoria and Albert Museum

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THE HINDU TRINITY AT ELEPHANTA

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120

VISHNU UPHOLDING THE UNIVERSE
From a sculpture at Mamallapuram

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KRISHNA AND THE GOPIS (HERDSMAIDS)
From a modern sculpture

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BUDDHA EXPOUNDING THE LAW

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130

THE BOAR INCARNATION OF VISHNU RAISING THE EARTH FROM THE DEEP
From a rock sculpture at Udayagiri

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136

INTERIOR OF A ROCK-HEWN BUDDHIST TEMPLE (AJANTA)

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140

LAKSHMI ARISING FROM THE SEA OF MILK
From a sculpture at Mamallapuram

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144

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SHIVA DANCING ON TRIPURA
From a bronze in the Madras Museum

facing

148

GANESHA
From a sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum

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150

KARTIKEYA, THE WAR GOD
From a painting by Surendra Nalh Gangoly

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152

PARVATI, THE WIFE OF SHIVA
From a South Indian temple

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154

A VAISHNAVAITE NUN READING THE RAMAYANA

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THE CORONATION OF RAMA AND SITA

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