List of Illustrations

Following page 458

1. Nadir Shah Ordering a General Massacre, by Hakim Muhammad Khan

2. Engraving of The Vision of the Knight, by Raphael (original painting, generally known as Allegory, in The National Gallery, London)

Following page 584

3. Kalasamhara Shiva, Chola dynasty, c. 10th century (The Art Gallery, Thanjavur)

4. Sundaramurti, the Shaivite Saint, Chola dynasty, c. 11th century (Colombo Museum)

Following page 590

5. Princely Doorkeeper, Pallava dynasty, 7th ­ 8th century (Arjuna's Ratha, Mahabalipuram)

6. Poseidon of Artemision, c. 450 B.C. (National Museum, Athens)

Following page 626

7. Rose— Rhythm, by John Duncan Fergusson (1874 ­ 1961)

8. Raga, artist unknown (20th century)

Plates 1 and 2 are reproduced from plates in The Modern Review, vol. 6, no. 1 (July 1909). Plates 3, 4 and 5 are reproduced from recent photographs taken directly from the sculptures. The framing and angles of vision of these photographs are similar to those of the plates seen by Sri Aurobindo in South Indian Bronzes (1915) and Rupam, vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1920). Plates7 and 8 are reproduced from plates in Shama'a, vol. 1, no. 2 (July 1920), and volume 1, no. 1 (April 1920).