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| THE CREMATION GHAT, BENARES From a bronze in the Calcutta Art Gallery | facing | xxxvi |
| KALI | " | xl |
| A VYASA, OR PUBLIC READER, RECITING THE MAHABHARATA From the Indra Temple, Ellora | " | xlviii |
| INDRA | " | 4 |
| INTERIOR OF A TEMPLE TO VISHNU (BRINDABAN) | " | 10 |
| THE PARADISE OF INDRA From a rock sculpture at Mamallapuram | " | 16 |
| AGNI, THE FIRE GOD From a painting y Nanda Lall Bose | " | 20 |
| SHIVA'S DANCE OF DESTRUCTION, ELLORA | " | 26 |
| SURYA IN HIS CHARIOT From the Kailasa Temple, Ellora | " | 32 |
| THE KAILASA TEMPLE OF SHIVA, ELLORA | " | 40 |
| YAMA AND SAVITRI From a painting by Nanda Lall Bose | " | 52 |
| THE CITY OF THE GODS, PALITANA | " | 58 |
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| DURGA SLAYING GIANTS AND DEMONS From a sculpture at Mamallapuram | facing | 64 |
| THE CELESTIAL FAIRIES (APSARAS) Sculpture on a modern Hindu temple, Benares | " | 68 |
| GROUP OF PRESENT-DAY BRAHMANS | " | 80 |
| SADHUS (RELIGIOUS MENDICANTS) AT BENARES | " | 82 |
| A YOGI ON A BED OF SPIKES An example of present-day austerities | " | 84 |
| THE BIRTH OF BRAHMA: SPRINGING FROM A LOTUS ISSUING FROM VISHNU From an original Indian painting | " | 100 |
| HANUMAN From a bronze in the Victoria and Albert Museum | " | 106 |
| THE HINDU TRINITY AT ELEPHANTA | " | 120 |
| VISHNU UPHOLDING THE UNIVERSE From a sculpture at Mamallapuram | " | 124 |
| KRISHNA AND THE GOPIS (HERDSMAIDS) From a modern sculpture | " | 128 |
| BUDDHA EXPOUNDING THE LAW | " | 130 |
| THE BOAR INCARNATION OF VISHNU RAISING THE EARTH FROM THE DEEP From a rock sculpture at Udayagiri | " | 136 |
| INTERIOR OF A ROCK-HEWN BUDDHIST TEMPLE (AJANTA) | " | 140 |
| LAKSHMI ARISING FROM THE SEA OF MILK From a sculpture at Mamallapuram | " | 144 |
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| SHIVA DANCING ON TRIPURA From a bronze in the Madras Museum | facing | 148 |
| GANESHA From a sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum | " | 150 |
| KARTIKEYA, THE WAR GOD From a painting by Surendra Nalh Gangoly | " | 152 |
| PARVATI, THE WIFE OF SHIVA From a South Indian temple | " | 154 |
| A VAISHNAVAITE NUN READING THE RAMAYANA | " | 374 |
| THE CORONATION OF RAMA AND SITA | " | 424 |