RAMA SPURNS THE DEMON LOVER " 400 _From the painting by Warwick Goble_ PLATES IN MONOCHROME Page THE CREMATION GHAT, BENARES _facing_ xxxvi KALI " xl _From a bronze in the Calcutta Art Gallery_ A VYASA, OR PUBLIC READER, RECITING THE MAHABHARATA " xlviii INDRA " 4 _From the Indra Temple, Ellora_ INTERIOR OF A TEMPLE TO VISHNU (BRINDABAN) " 10 THE PARADISE OF INDRA " 16 _From a rock sculpture at Mâmallapuram_ AGNI, THE FIRE GOD " 20 _From a painting by Nanda Lall Bose_ SHIVA'S DANCE OF DESTRUCTION, ELLORA " 26 SURYA IN HIS CHARIOT " 32 _From the Kailâsa Temple, Ellora_ THE KAILASA TEMPLE OF SHIVA, ELLORA " 40 YAMA AND SAVITRI " 52 _From a painting by Nanda Lall Bose_ THE CITY OF THE GODS, PALITANA " 58 DURGA SLAYING GIANTS AND DEMONS " 64 _From a sculpture at Mámallapuram_ THE CELESTIAL FAIRIES (APSARAS) " 68 _Sculpture on a modern Hindu temple, Benares_ GROUP OF PRESENT-DAY BRAHMANS " 80 SADHUS (RELIGIOUS MENDICANTS) AT BENARES " 82 A YOGI ON A BED OF SPIKES " 84 _An example of present-day austerities_ THE BIRTH OF BRAHMA: SPRINGING FROM A LOTUS ISSUING FROM VISHNU " 100 _From an original Indian painting_ HANUMAN " 106 _From a bronze in the Victoria and Albert Museum_ THE HINDU TRINITY AT ELEPHANTA " 120 VISHNU UPHOLDING THE UNIVERSE " 124 _From a sculpture at Mâmallapuram_ KRISHNA AND THE GOPIS (HERDSMAIDS) " 128 _From a modern sculpture_ BUDDHA EXPOUNDING THE LAW " 130 THE BOAR INCARNATION OF VISHNU RAISING THE EARTH FROM THE DEEP " 136 _From a rock sculpture at Udayagiri_ INTERIOR OF A ROCK-HEWN BUDDHIST TEMPLE (AJANTA) " 140 LAKSHMI ARISING FROM THE SEA OF MILK " 144 _From a sculpture at Mâmallapuram_ SHIVA DANCING ON TRIPURA " 148 _From a bronze in the Madras Museum_