Hoysala temples and sculptures

Suresh, K.M.

ISBN: 9788180903786, 8180903788

The Hoysalas ruled for about 350 years from circa 1000 to 1346 A.D., starting from Soveyur, now called Angadi in Mudigrere taluk of Chikkamagalur district and expanded over major portion of South India. In the beginning they acknowdinging the sugernity of the Chalukyas of Kalyana, but became an independent king in the reign of Vishnuvardhana with new capital at Dorasamudra, now represented by H...

Deities in Terracotta art: from earliest times to late medieval period

Nagar, Shanti Lal (b.1927)

ISBN: 9788176466370, 8176466379

Development of Buddhist iconography in Eastern India: a study of Tara, Prajnas of five Tathagatas and Bhrikuti

Ghosh, Mallar

ISBN: 9788121502085, 812150208X

The development of Hindu iconography, 5th edition

Banerjea, Jitendra Nath

ISBN: 9788121500692, 8121500699

Development of iconography in pre-Gupta Vanga

Basu, Sakti Kali

ISBN: 9788186791431, 8186791434

The critical study shows that an undercurrent force of polytheistics beliefs was prevailing in the land of ancient Vanga during the post-Maurya and pre-Gupta period and deities of Brahmanical faith of Buddhist religion and of local origin were allowed to be adorned and worshipped in a spirit of peaceful religious co-existence.

Devi: goddesses in Indian art and literature

Parthasarathy, VR

ISBN: 9788180902031, 818090203X

Early Himalayan art

Heller, Amy

ISBN: 9788189497125, 818949712X

The Ashmolean Museum has an important collection of Buddhist metal sculptures and other works of religious art from the Himalayan regions of Tibet and Nepal. There richly diverse works of early Himalayan art are fully catalogued and illustrated, in many cases for the first time, in this book by Amy Heller.

Early Pandyan iconometry, foreword by Raju Kalidos

Gopalakrishnan, S

ISBN: 9788188934218, 8188934216

The book is in two part: (i) The historical sources have been taken into account for the first part. The second part is an account of iconometric data and their interpretation through computer application and statistical analysis.

Ecstasy of classical art: Indian bronze, National Museum collection, with contributions from Sharada Srinivasan

Singh, Tejpal et al

ISBN: 9788185832371, 8185832374

The exquisite bronze sculptures of National Museum constitute one of the most important and representative collections in India. This catalogue with 98 choicest objects is an attempt to collate knowledge on the collection in a simple and accessible manner for visitors and scholars.

Elephant kingdom: sculptures from Indian architecture

Ram, Vikramajit

Elephants occupy a special place in the life and art of India. Since ancient times, they have been treasured and pampered as the ultimate beasts of burden, venerated as the vehicles of gods and kings and even worshipped in their own right. Their legendary attributes of strength, intelligence, nobility and longevity are eulogized in myth, epic and popular literature. ;In the figural and decorati...

Elephanta: past and present: up to date guide book

Padte, Virendra H.

Eloquent earth: early terracottas in the State Archaeological Museum, West Bengal

Sengupta, Gautam et al.

ISBN: 9788190149983, 8190149989

This book includes all the available information with sensitive black and white illustration of early Bengal terracotas. Sites like Pandu Rajar Dhibi, Chandraketugarh, Tamluk, Harinarayanpur or Panna evoke memories of a vibrant artistic tradition that goes back to the 2nd millennium B.C. and remained active till the 6th century A.D.;;Contents:;1. Preface.;2. Acknowledgement.;3. Early terracotas...

Encyclopaedia of Hindu iconography: early medieval, 4 vols., by Raju Kalidos et al

ISBN: 9788188934331, 818893433X

Vol.1: Visnu.;Vol.2: Siva.;Vol.3: Sakti goddesses.;Vol.4, Parts I-II (bound in one): Ganapati and Skanda-Murukan & Brahma and other deities.;;The present work takes into account both the Sanskrit and Tamil sources in the interpretation of the images. The author undertook several field visits to Ajanta and Ellora caves and other temple sites and has dealt with iconographical forms found in the U...

Encyclopaedia of Indian iconography: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, 3 vols., by S.K. Ramachandra Rao, 2nd rev. and enl. edition, Bangalore, 1988-1992

ISBN: 9788170307648, 8170307643

Precious clay of life legendary sculptor: V P Karmarkar

Bahulkar, Suhas

ISBN: 9788187507758, 8187507756

Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar is revered as one of the most sucessful sculptors of modern India. He created the monumental sculpture of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for the Shivaji Memorial Trust, Pune in 1928.

Gleanings in world mythology

Srivastava, Prashant

ISBN: 9789392556203, 9392556209

This book is a collection of eighteen papers on the mythologies of various peoples, from all over the world--Indian (vedic and epic-puranic), Mesopotamian, Avestan, Greek, and Norse, published by the author, over a period spanning about 35 years (1987-2022); there are a few more in the pipeline.

Eulogies to the sacred images of the Buddhas and Boddhisattvas, (Chinese and English)

ISBN: 9787800579905, 7800579905

It contains contents, introduction and details of illustrations in English also.

Exploring the sacred art of Andhra

Kumari, Myneni Krishna

ISBN: 9788180901980, 818090198X

This book focuses on the iconological and interpretative study of the images and their contextual study of the Vaishnava temples at Korukonda and the Siva temple at Bendi, in Andhra Pradesh.

Folk embroidery of Western Himalaya

Aryan, Subhashini

ISBN: 9788190439411, 8190439413

The present volume all over Himachal Pradesh enabled her to photograph other articles of Himachal embroidery such as wall hangings, coverlets, dice boards, handfans, cholies, rosary covers, sashes, caps, book-wraps etc., which are virtually unknown to the general reader.

Fountain stone slabs of Chamba

Sethi, SM et al.

ISBN: 9788181820303, 8181820304

This book attempts to study the iconography, origin and history of fountain stone slabs in Chamba as well presenting a comparative study with the memorial stones of Himachal Pradesh.;