TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ananda K Coomaraswamy
AU  - Mrs. Ananda K Coomaraswamy (Ed.)
TI  - INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN ART
U1  - 709.54 
PY  - 1969///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Munshiram Manoharlal
KW  - Art- Indic
KW  - Art  Ancient History
N1  - Coomaraswamy's Introduction to Indian Art traverses the historic panorama of Indian art, from its Indo-Sumerian and Vedic-Mound beginnings to the various peaks reached during the Maurya, Sunga, Andhra, Kusana and Gupta periods and beyond the seas to further India and Indonesia. It is a handbook of immense value both to the beginner and scholar alike." "This present reprint, appearing after more than half a century, has been ably edited by Mrs. Coomaraswamy and incorporates new material earmarked for the book by Coomaraswamy himself; 1. Indo-Sumerian --
2. Dravidians and Aryans --
3. The Saisunaga-Nanda Period (642-320 B.C.) --
4. Vedic Origins --
5. Pre-Mauryan Sculpture --
6. The Great Enlightenment --
7. Early Buddhist Art --
Maurya, Sunga and Early Andhra --
8. Development of Devotional Theism --
9. Kusana and Later Andhra Period --
10. The Gupta Period --
11. Early Mediaeval Period --
12. Mediaeval Sculpture (A.D. 850-1200) --
13. Southern India (Tenth to Eighteenth Century) --
14. Further India and Indonesia --
15. Mediaeval Buddhist Painting --
16. Jaina Painting --
17. Rajput Painting --
18. Understanding Indian Art
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