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SITA FINDS RAMA AMONG LOTUS BLOOMS[Frontispiece]
From the painting by Warwick Goble
SHANTANU MEETS THE GODDESS GANGA[facing 164]
From the painting by Warwick Goble
ARJUNA AND THE RIVER NYMPH[facing 226]
From the painting by Warwick Goble
THE ORDEAL OF QUEEN DRAUPADI[facing 242]
From the painting by Warwick Goble
THE RETURN OF THE HEROES SLAIN IN BATTLE[facing 320]
From the painting by Warwick Goble
DAMAYANTI AND THE SWAN[facing 330]
From the painting by Warwick Goble
DAMAYANTI CHOOSING A HUSBAND[facing 336]
From the painting by Warwick Goble
RAMA SPURNS THE DEMON LOVER[facing 400]
From the painting by Warwick Goble

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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]

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