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General

Archer, W. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry. London: Allen & Unwin, 1957.

Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish. Coomaraswamy. 1. Selected Papers: Traditional Art and Symbolism, ed. by Roger Lipsey. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1987.

Cummings, Mary. The Lives of the Buddha in the Art and Literature of Asia. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, 1982.

DeBary, William Theodore, et al. Sources of Indian Tradition. New York: Columbia University Press, 1958.

Dye, Joseph. Ways to Shiva: Life and Ritual in Hindu India. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1980.

Eck, Dianna. Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India. Philadelphia: Anima Books, 1985.

Gascoigne, Bamber. The Great Moghuls. London: Cape, 1971.

Huntington, Susan. The Art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain. New York: Weatherhill, 1985.

Kramrisch, Stella. The Art of India: Traditions of Indian Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture. New York: Phaidon, 1954.

Krishna Sastri, Hosakote. South Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1986.

Snellgrove, David L.,ed. The Image of the Buddha. New York: Kodansha International, 1978.

Thaper, Romila and Percival Spear. History of India. London: Penguin, 1966. 2 v.

Zimmer, Heinrich Robert. Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization. New York: Pantheon Books, 1946.

Zwalf, W., ed. Buddhism: Art and Faith. New York: Macmillan, 1985.

Architecture

Michell, George. The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to its Form and Meaning. New York: Harper & Row, 1977.

Tadgell, Christopher. The History of Architecture in India: From the Dawn of Civilization to the End of the Raj. London: Architectural Design and Technology Pr., 1990.

Tillotson, G.H. R. The Rajput Palaces: The Development of an Architectural Style, 1450-1750. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987.

Painting and calligraphy

Arts Council of Great Britain. Indian Miniatures and Folk Paintings from the Collection of Mildred and W. G. Archer. London, 1967.

Beach, Milo C. The Grand Mogul. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1978.

_____________. The Imperial Image. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1981.

Losty, Jeremiah P. The Art of the Book in India. London: British Library, 1982.

Topfield, Andrew. An Introduction to Indian Court Painting. London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1984.

Welch, Stuart Cary. Imperial Mughal Painting. New York: Braziller, 1978.

Sculpture

Kramrisch, Stella. Indian Sculpture. Calcutta: Y.M.C.A. Pub. House, 1933.

Sivaramamurti, C. South Indian Bronzes. New Delhi: Lalit Kal Akademi, 1963.

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14 April 1994

 
 


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