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7 THE WORLD OF ART LIBRARY THAMES AND RUSSO ROYC.CRAVEN ACONCISE WiSTORY OF INDIAN ART {O0ULLUSTRATIONS s51N€9L0UR § A Concise History of INDIAN ART ROY C. CRAVEN 200 illustrations, 30 in colour 4 & Thames and Hudson- London This book ts dedeared 10 my students, who helped give form and purpose t0 its pages croatia feed vo angi prio * Agi ead Me po a ten ie Contents Antradiction. cuartreone Harappan culture: begnaings of the Indus Historica. ad religtows origins Cuaron rinne ‘The Mauryan period: the frscimpenal at “Tae Shusnga dyno chaityay, vikarax ana spy caApreEH rive “The Andhea period the ‘wor suountai” jn pore: Canara andl Matra omanren seven “The Gusta and Post-Gupea periods cunprme rica ‘South India: Pallasas, Cholasand Hoysahs “The Mesieval Seriod in Nori tut Mls India: areitectare and panting ‘cuaeren turvee Jim dunt and Paar: puting Fpilogne Bibhogeaphy Acknowledgments fe ucraions Index as st Introduction “The undertaking of his book was spproached with considerable rspicatton, From the first, F war mote than swite of the hazatds fndterene i the ameanpe ra frame the ich, complex history of Indus at swith dhe imited dimension ofa vngle book. Because diss « general fvraductory survey, the solr wil su nothing woknosen a him here, And in fete wl be aware of emnnons: Lhave deerentally followed fi the footteps of rumsten scholars m atemping to onstrat this ‘esi mage of Intian art, and FT have succeded ete it ve primary wos boats, Much of whats known ofthehistory of tadian aris of comparsively recent scholars, aml even store work awars futeze stun. The work. ‘which defined the field wap Ananda K. Copriaraywains’s Huey of dow and frdousion An, published in 1337. Though ce book iW somewhat ourdated, azyane involved wich the art of Ise owe a ‘opened various vista forme, This Wespeclly tre of De W whos scholarship has Zor many years llursined my paths who, wich typicil endhusi and genera, not only encomraged the undertaking of the prewnt volume, Bue ros helpfilly read andl come tented upon is pose Tam fre iudsbned Go namnorous tact ail eoleagues who fave encouraged me‘ ts prac: by providing suzgetions am lhseatons, Sn Tar deeply grateful co the Univeraty of Honda for allowing mete Tee time which made fe porsble ea produce this macuseripe “Tor iny wife Loma F expres my love and appreciaion for not nly ryping thie demanding manesrip, bar so for contin sustain involvements of Be Hereat the begining issimporcant that! caution the reader regacing the terms art an “artat seclaion co Fadia culture, For converence shall use therm: bot mons ofthe abject 40 be met are devotional sure, cated wis religious ard urifitarion rather chan aebeti motives and they were fishiened by crafsmen who worked! in x tradition which dictated erie eanens ef iconcygraphy and sisautacte, and who could never have undertont the msning af the word arti ait is used today Despite sich a cxlmeal matrs.ior perhaps berate of ie tion ‘rafts produzed objects which in oly be describe a muterpioees, Such achievemenes are dificult to ceont and Fam confident that the ‘cadet wil be spired, moved ae exc by dh vittues oF each ume ‘creation with which het abont eo be confronted. Universiy of lida The sranscripaon ef lndian words (or the gsvicrl Elish reader has vays preseated difiuldes. Here the atcmpe is made a simplify the mates as taueh a posible by making the pronunciation ore o* les, phoneci:!. Diaracal marks ave omitted: for example, sh is wad for ads (Ashoka for Atoka, and yaksht for yal), The only exception at ben in the xs of Si Lanka~ pronounced Shit Lanka, bu universally nove in ame selling only, a