KJG f^H Volume i SlS £*U'LI &> V ts?" «? Pratapaditya Pal sfi^WPfy CO ii^W r 1* 3 1111 01005 0381 DATE DUE .J aiig ? 1PP1 !4 : cc 1QQ1 OCT J- * 1997 UAH n iQQV HOV w RWi APR 2 19S8 20?^ AUG »»> . *. i^^^R"VJ^-^*^DLHJI^rw>^fi;i*—-•V-*-l,-'.» *t*»**11v'• *iflaft 1 s-lHffl HKB tB.i.jV.Mffti\mM-fti«^'i1 .|.~. 1*\>mftrTh^FJ*«'^A • >- +jL*LU1%*^>m•m/*M*,?si 'Vj^jBajI .. ,, ,H..vM* .H1 . •><*•: ^^flTtfft » f> BK Indian Sculpture Volume i circa 500 B.c.-A.D. 700 Indian Sculpture by Pratapaditya Pal A Catalogue ofthe Los Angeles County Museum ofArt Collection Los Angeles County Museum ofArt in association with University ofCalifornia Press Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London SAUSALITO PUBLIC LIBRARY — Copublished by the This project is supported in part by agrant Los Angeles County Museum ofAft from the National Endowment for the Arts. 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90036 Catalogue entries are keyed to a letter-number and system, with the letters C and S representing, University ofCalifornia Press respectively, Coins and Sculptures. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London In the transliteration ofnames and terms, © Illustrations copyright 1986 diacritical marks have been omitted, except in by Museum Associates, the Bibliography and Index; they also have been Los Angeles County Museum ofArt. retained in selected words used only once. All rights reserved. No part ofthe contents ofthis book Dimensions are in inches (in) and centimeters may be reproduced (cm), height preceding width, unless otherwise without permission ofthe publishers. indicated. For most sculptures, height is the only dimension provided. Edited by Kathleen Preciado Designed by Renee Cossutta andJudith Lausten Cover: Railing Pillar with Figures, Photography byJeffrey Conley Mathura, first century, S55. and Department ofPhotographic Services, Los Angeles County Museum ofArt Library ofCongress Cataloging Typeset in Garamond typefaces in Publication Data by Continental Typographies, Inc., Chatsworth, California Pal, Pratapaditya. Printed in an edition of Indian sculpture. 4,000 softcover and 750 hardcover by Nissha Printing Co., Ltd., Japan Bibliography: v. 1, p. Includes index. Contents: v. 1. Circ—a 500 B.C.-A.D. 700. 1. Sculptur—e, Indie Cat—alogs. 2. Sculpture California Los Angeles Catalogs. — 3. Los Angeles County Museum ofArt Catalogs. I. Los Angeles County Museum ofArt. II. Title. ISBN0-87587-129-1 (v. 1 : pbk.) ISBN 0-520-05991-3 (v. 1 : Univ. ofCalif. Press) ISBN 0-520-05992-1 (v. 1 : Univ. ofCalif. Press : pbk.) 5 Contents Foreword 7 Earl A. Powell in Preface and Acknowledgments 1 1 General Introduction 13 History 1 24 Religion 32 Image and Idea 39 Symbols and Myths 48 Color Plates Numismatic Art 65 67 Introduction 81 Catalogue 119 Sculpture Age of the Mauryas, Indo-Greeks, and Sungas 121 Introduction 125 Catalogue Age of the Kushans and Satavahanas 151 Introduction 155 Catalogue Age ofthe Guptas 211 Introduction 2 5 Catalogue 1 Chronology 273 Bibliography 275 Index 283
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