INDEX
Abul Fazl, 204; murdered, 100
Āchārya, 12 n
Adi-Buddha, the Creator, 163
Aditi, the Universal Mother, 165 n
Advāita doctrine, 88
Agni, the Fire-spirit, 7, 9, 18, 177, 181
Agnīdhra, fire-priest, 56
Agnidrīya, or fire-house, 56
Agni-sāla, or the fire-hall, 56
Agny-ādhēya, or consecration of the household fires, 7 n
Agra, 132, 134; palace, 101, 137; gardens, 102; Tāj Mahall at, 128, 141
Ahmad Shah I, 69, 120; mosque, 120
Ahmadābād, royal mosque at, 69, 120
Ahmadnagar, 125
Aihole, temple at, 166
Ajantā, rock-cut monasteries at, 21, 23, 48; fresco-paintings, 36, 38, 53, 91, 110, 196, 201, 202; stūpa-shrines, 51, 66, 76, 115, 143, 146, 147; chapter-houses, 53, 54; sculpture of Buddha, 156
Ājivihas sect, 24
Ajodhya, 3
Akasha, or Ether, 50, 68
Akasha-garbha, the Container of Ether, 164
Akbar, the Great Mogul, siege of Chitor, 69, 206; founder of the Dīn Ilāhī Order, 93, 135; five-storied pavilion, 93, 96; mosque at Fatehpur Sikri, 113, 131; founds Agra, 132, 134; tomb at Sikandra, 134; buildings, 134; ideals, 134 n
Alexander the Great, expedition to India, 4
'Ali 'Adil Shah I, 125; mosque, 127
Amalaka, 8, 57, 58, 112
Amar Singh, 206
Amarāvatī, sculptures at, 29, 35; stūpa, 38; reliefs of, 38, 199
Amenhetep III, King of Egypt, 10, 59, 151
Amrita, 168, 169
Ananta, the serpent, 43, 74 n, 164, 166, 168
Andhra dynasty, 28
Anuradhapura, statue of Buddha, 155
Arabia, conquest of Sind, 111; the Kaaba shrine, 106; architecture, 146
Aranyānī, the Spirit of the Forest, 37
Arch, the radiating, 132
Archæological Survey of India, Report on Modern Building, 144
Architecture, Arabian, 146; Bengal, 122; Buddhist, 122; Indo-Saracenic, 111; Mogul, 132; Muhammadan, 107-10; Renaissance, 130; Saracenic, 106
Ariana, mountan groves of, 7
Arjumand Bānū Begam, 137
Arjuna's Rath, 74
Art, Indian, origins, 3, 9
Aryans, sacrificial rites, 6, 7; rule in Mesopotamia, 9, 10, 59, 60, 93, 154; sacred literature, 11; construction of fire-altars, 12; status, 12; worship of the elements of nature, 13, 177; stūpas, 14; temporary structures, 15; worship of Sūrya, 15, 159; art of the craftsmen, 19; Four Truths, 20; immigrations into India, 26; war-chariots, 28 n, 159; joint-family house, 90, 96; first settlements, 160
Aryāvarta, 62, 125
Asārwā, step-wells, 121
Ashvattha, or pipal-tree, 34
Ashvins, the twin horsemen, 10
Asia, Buddhism in, 106; building craft, influence of India, 110
Asoka, Emperor, 3, 135; stūpas, 3, 47, 158, 196; conversion to Bud-
