Plates in Monochrome

Page

THE CREMATION GHAT, BENARES facing xxxvi

KALI facing xl

From a bronze in the Calcutta Art Gallery

A VYASA, OR PUBLIC READER, RECITING THE MAHABHARATA facing xlviii

INDRA facing 4

From the Indra Temple, Ellora

INTERIOR OF A TEMPLE TO VISHNU (BRINDABAN) facing 10

THE PARADISE OF INDRA facing 16

From a rock sculpture at Mâmallapuram

AGNI, THE FIRE GOD facing 20

From a painting by Nanda Lall Bose

SHIVA'S DANCE OF DESTRUCTION, ELLORA facing 26

SURYA IN HIS CHARIOT facing 32

From the Kailâsa Temple, Ellora

THE KAILASA TEMPLE OF SHIVA, ELLORA facing 40

YAMA AND SAVITRI facing 52

From a painting by Nanda Lall Bose

THE CITY OF THE GODS, PALITANA facing 58

DURGA SLAYING GIANTS AND DEMONS facing 64

From a sculpture at Mámallapuram

THE CELESTIAL FAIRIES (APSARAS) facing 68

Sculpture on a modern Hindu temple, Benares

GROUP OF PRESENT-DAY BRAHMANS facing 80

SADHUS (RELIGIOUS MENDICANTS) AT BENARES facing 82

A YOGI ON A BED OF SPIKES facing 84

An example of present-day austerities

THE BIRTH OF BRAHMA: SPRINGING FROM A LOTUS ISSUING FROM VISHNU facing 100

From an original Indian painting

HANUMAN facing 106

From a bronze in the Victoria and Albert Museum

THE HINDU TRINITY AT ELEPHANTA facing 120

VISHNU UPHOLDING THE UNIVERSE facing 124

From a sculpture at Mâmallapuram

KRISHNA AND THE GOPIS (HERDSMAIDS) facing 128

From a modern sculpture

BUDDHA EXPOUNDING THE LAW facing 130

THE BOAR INCARNATION OF VISHNU RAISING THE EARTH FROM THE DEEP facing 136

From a rock sculpture at Udayagiri

INTERIOR OF A ROCK-HEWN BUDDHIST TEMPLE (AJANTA) facing 140

LAKSHMI ARISING FROM THE SEA OF MILK facing 144

From a sculpture at Mâmallapuram

SHIVA DANCING ON TRIPURA facing 148

From a bronze in the Madras Museum

GANESA facing 150

From a sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum

KARTIKEYA, THE WAR GOD facing 152

From a painting by Surendra Nalh Gangoly

PARVATI, WIFE OF SHIVA facing 154

From a South Indian temple

A VAISHNAVAITE NUN READING THE RAMAYANA facing 374

THE CORONATION OF RAMA AND SITA facing 424

To My Indian Friends