PLATES.

PAGE

FRONTISPIECE (RATHAS OF MAHÂBÂHPUR)

1.—DURGÂ AS THE SERPENT MANASÂ

10

2.—TRAILINGA ÎSHWARA

41

3.—S’IVA DANCING

26

4.—THE BUDDHIST VIRGIN AND CHILD

49

5.—BUDDHA PREACHING

68

6.—THE CHAITYA LINGAM

109

7.—CHAITYA LINGAM WORSHIP

112

8.—SAMANA DEVA RÂJA

113

9.—THE HEAD WITHOUT A JAW

129

10.—A CAVE TEMPLE

133

11.—KAILÂS

147

12.—A MADRAS GOPURA

152

13.—THE PYRAMID, MAHABALIPUR

154

14.—BUDDHIST MONASTERY

166

15.—BUDDHIST MONKS

219

16.—BUDDHIST HIGH ALTAR

222

17.—S’IVA'S TRISULA OR TRIDENT

230

18.—ZODIAC OF S’IVA

231

19.—S’IVA WITH ANTELOPE

230

20.—SEKKRAIA

249

21.—BALI DEVIL-DANCER

251

22.—SESH DISGUISED AS BUDDHA

253

23.—DURGÂ AS A GIANTESS

260

24.—GNOSTIC GEMS

264

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25.—THE BURNING OF THE NÂGA'S PALACE

275

26.—WORSHIP OF THE SILVER TREE-STEM

284

27.—LINGAM WORSHIP

284

28.—THREE SCENES IN THE INEBRIATING FESTIVAL

285

29.—THE CUP

285

30.—PYRAMID OF WOMEN

286

MINOR ILLUSTRATIONS

THE HEAD IN THE ARCHWAY

156

THE TEMPLE AND PALACE

158

S’IVA'S HEAD IN CEYLON

261

SERPENT AND BASKET

281