dhism, 4, 19; imperial standards, 8, 40-43; edicts on the Sānchī pillar, 40; preference for Persian craftsmen, 41; death, 49 n; conquest of Orissa, 64; palace at Pātāliputra, 97
Assembly- or debating-hall, construction, 95
Assyria, seven-storied temples of, 93
Asuras, demons of darkness, 168, 169; King of the, 167
Aurangabad, 125; rock-cut monastery, 91
Aurangzīb, 64, 137; administration, 143; banishment of Hindu painters, 143, 208
Avalokītēshvara, sculpture of, 176
Avalon, A., translation of Tantra of the Great Liberation, 169 n
Avatars, the ten, 167
Bābur, gardens at Agra, 102; death, in; founder of the Mogul dynasty, 128, 132
Babylon, siege of, 9; use of the radiating arch, 132 n
Bādāmi, 78, 79, 166
Baghdad court, 111
Bāī Srī Harīra, 121
Bairām Khan, 133
Balagāmi, temple at, 89
Bali, the demon king, 167
Bambu, use in the construction of the sikhara, 9, 58, 60, 147
Barāgāon, 92 n
Barnett, Dr., Antiquities of India, 7 n, 14 n, 23 n, 30 n, 177
Baroch, 120
Bedsā, chaītya hall at, 22
"Bell-shaped" capital, the symbol of, 4, 42-5, 62
Benares, 45, 67; Hindu palaces at, 144; University, 95
Benares, Queen of, 34
Bengal, architecture, 122; thatched cottages, 122, 136
Bernier, F., 140
Besnagar, 27 n
Bhagavad Gītā, 164, 168, 192
Bhairava, the Terrible, 183 184; shrine of, 81
Bhājā, series of monolithic stūpas, 21; relic casket, 23
Bhakti, worship of, 6, 58, 60, 159, 172, 173, 184
Bhakti-marga, the path of devotion, 18, 72, 172, 173, 197
Bharhut, 19; sculptures, 23, 62; gateway, 41; representation of the lotus flower, 42; reliefs of, 199
Bhāva, sentiment and expression, 195
Bhikkus, the, 24; meetings, 32 n, 48; ancient retreats, 48; ashrams at Ajantā, 51
Bhilsā, 27
Bhoga-mandapam, 68
Bhopal State, 27, 167; mosque at, 143
Bhuvanēshvar, "Lord of the Universe," 64; temples, 64
Bidar, 125
Bihar, 24
Bihzad, 204
Bijāpur, 125; tomb at, 109; architecture, 126; Tāj Mahall, 127; size of the dome, 141 n; tributary to Shah Jahān, 141 n
Birmingham Museum, statue of Buddha, 156
Blochet, M. E., 44
Boar Incarnation, the, 167
Bodh-Gāyā, 34; monastery, 155; temple, 62
Bodhisattva, the, 35, 152, 158; cult, 58; sculptures, 160; painting of, 202
Bodhi-tree, shrine of the, 62
Bombay School of Art, 201
Borobūdūr, 161; stūpa, 35; reliefs of, 199
Brahmā, the Creator, 7 n, 61 n, 162; temple of, 7 n, 162, 163, 187; shape of the pillar, 7 n, 45; symbol of the lotus flower, 43, 95, 165; sakti, 162; four heads, 162; image, 163, 165; triune doctrine, 187
Brahman ritual, 74; conversion of fire-worshippers, 75; the cult of Saivism, 77, 174
Buddha, Gautama, 4; the passing into Pari-Nirvāna, 4; funeral, 5; teaching, 6, 20, 151; stūpas, 14; birth, 32, 80; lotus throne, 41; worship of, 63; miracle, 75; the Great Guru and Monk, 152; Supreme Head of the Sangha, 152; ideal racial type, 153; statues, 154-8, 161
Buddhas, the seven, 34
Buddhism, stūpa the sacred symbol, 19; character of the ritual, 20; meetings of the Bhikkus, 48; system of memorising, 48; spread of, 106
Buddhist art, 3; development, 21; history, 51; change, 52; stūpa,
