Nālanda, university, 92, 101, 199; excavations, 92; pavilions, 92, 96
Nandi, the bull, shrine dedicated to, 80
Nandi-pada, the sign, 32
Nanha, portrait, 206
Narām Sin, stele of, 60
Nārasimha, the man-lion, 167
Nārāyana, the Eternal Spirit, 43, 74 n, 162, 166, 171, 188; relief of, 166
Narbadā river, 118
Nāsik, rock-cut monasteries, 48, 91
Nātārāja, Lord of the Dance, 176; image, 179, 183; symbol, 182
Nelumbium speciosum, 43 n
Nepal, 189, 190
Nineveh, 59
Norwich Cathedral, 49
Nūr-Jahān, Empress, 136; design of tombs, 131, 136, 137
Nūr Mahall, Empress, 131
Nymphæa cœrulea, 42
Ocean, churning the, legend, 168-70, 172
Orissa, 64, 158
Paez, 126
Painting, principles of the art of, 195
Palace, an Indian, plan of, 97, 101
Palitāna, 71.
Panch Kōsi Road, Benares, 45
Panch Mahall, five-storied pavilion, 93, 135
Panchratna, or "five-jewelled" temple, 63, 143
Pāndava, war-chiefs, training, 199
Panduah, 123
Panjab, the first Aryan settlements, 160
Pārasnath, 71
Parasu-Rama, a Brahman warrior king, 168
Pārījāta, the tree, 169
Pari-Nirvāna, the Ocean of Eternity, 4, 34
Paris, Musée Cernuschi in, 201
Parvati, the Universal Mother, 82, 84, 184, 188; shrine, 81; legend of, 191; painting, 202
Pātaliputra, 92 n; palace, 41, 97
Pathān architecture, 109; style, 112
Patna, 92 n
Pattadakal, temple at, 78, 79
Persepolis, 40; "bell-shaped" capital of, 5, 44, 45, 62
Persepolitan or lotus pillars, 50
Persia, foundation of the Empire, 4; craftsmen, art of, 107; colour effects, 107, 113; method of constructing domes, 115 n, 147; mosques, façades, 113
Perso-Greek masons, 4
Peshawar, Kanishka's stūpa at, 123
Pillar, with "bell-shaped" capital, 40; shafts, 50; varieties of, 45
Pishāchas, or demons, 53
Pitrimedha, or the sacrifice for ancestors, 14
Pradakshinā, or circumambulatory rite, 15
Prahlāda, 167
Prajnā-pāramitā, Supreme Wisdom, 43, 163
Pramānam, measurement, scale and proportion, 195
Prambānam, 161
Purānas, the, 165 n, 168, 191
Purohita, or chaplain, 8
Ra, the sun-god of Heliopolis, 6 n
Rāgas, systems of, 211
Rāg-malas, melody-pictures, 211
Rāhu, the eclipse-dragon, 54
Raigarh State, 195
Rāja Bir Singh Deva, treachery, 100
Rāja Sīrī-Sābakani, 28
Rāja Surāj-Mall, garden-palace at Dīg, 102-4
Rājagriha, 3, 92 n
Rājarāja I, Emperor, 85
Rajendra Lai Mitrā, 156 n
Rājmahal, 71, 124
Rajputana, buildings, 100
Rām Rāj, Rājā, of Vijayanagar, 125; palace, 126; killed, 126
Rām Rāz, Essay on the Architecture of the Hindus, 45
Rāma, the ideal Indian king, 168, 172, 210
Rāmanūja, 76, 87, 88
Rāmāyana, the, 5, 26, 160
Rangpur, 124
Rānpur, temple at, 69, 120
Rao, T. A., Gopinath, Elements of Hindu Iconography, 163 n, 188
Rāshtrakuta dynasty, 79
Ratnāsura, the demon, 184
Rāvana, the demon-king, 172; legend 82
Rembrandt, interest in Indian painting, 210
Renaissance architecture, 130
