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The Calcutta Review July 1903

1903

The accounts of the manner of origin othe production Of likenesses at the close of Taranatha's History of Buddhism expressly point to the time of Asoka and Nagarjuna as the most flourishing epoch of the Yaksha and Naga artists. [...] The sight of the picture has of course inspired the prince with an ardent desire to view the original whom he has never yet beheld.t In the Sakuntaleg one of the brightest—if not the brightest jewel in the poet's crown we read of an excellent portrait of the lost Sakuota'A. [...] "There are traces of painting left on the roof of the front aisle of this cave in the same style as is used in the roofs of the verandahs at AjantA and probably of about the same age.": Now we come to the AjantA paintings and we hope to be pardoned if we dwell at some length on the uncommon beauty and grace of the Ajanta pictures. [...] The crowds that attend or adore are full of life and variety ; there is no ascetic abatement of the splendours of Royal State no softenirfg of the pride and pomp of war and the chase ; while the every-day life Df the people—buying and selling cooking feasting drinking love-making singing and dancing—is fully displayed."t The endeavour of the artist was to show the eager service and interest [...] The Emperor of Vijayanagar and the King of Madura had endowed the schools sufficiently for the pay of the masters and support of the students.
history
Pages
168
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120137
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii unknown view
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Art I— Painting in Ancient and Medleval India
1-20 Hemendra Ghose view
Art II— The Royal Land of the Nayakars the Nayakar Kingdoms
21-36 J.S. Chandler view
Art III— The Afghan Invasion and Conquest of Persia 1720-1730
37-58 H.C. Irwin view
Art IV— The Flag of the Hohenzollerns
59-65 J. Cameron view
Art V— On The Bihari Custom of Placing Expiations on the Crossways
66-83 Sarat Mitra view
Art VI— Whipping as a Jail Punishment a Rejoinder to “J. M.”
84-92 Your Reviewer view
Art VII— The Ideals of the Indian Aristocracy
93-102 One of the Class view
Art VIII—The Erukalas
103-105 A. Srinivasan view
Art IX— Snnskrit Learning in India
106-110 Hara Shastri view
Art X— Genesis of “ The Calcutta Review ”
111-115 unknown view
Art XI— Hellenism and Hinduism
116-123 J. Fraser view
Art XII— The Folk-Lore of the Psalms
124-149 Robert Hawker view
Summary of Annual Reports
150-157 unknown view
Critical Notices
i-iv Robert Hawker view
Acknowledgments
v-vi Robert Hawker view
Backmatter
i-i unknown view

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