Tree and serpent worship, or, Illustrations of mythology and art in India in the first and fourth centuries after Christ, from the sculptures of the Buddhist topes at Sanchi and Amravati / prepared under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council ; with introductory essays and descriptions of the plates by James Fergusson.

Main entry:

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886.

Title & Author:

Publication:

London : India Museum : Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1868 (Printed for the India Office by Eyre and Spottiswoode)

Description:

xii, 247 pages, 99 plates : illustrations ; 37 cm

Notes:
Fifty-four plates are mounted photos. Twenty are by Waterhouse and 34 are by Griggs.

Subject:

Buddhist sculpture India Amaravati.
Stūpas India Amaravati.
Stūpas India Sānchi.
Tree worship in art.
Serpent worship in art.
Buddhist sculpture India Sānchi.
Sculpture bouddhique Inde Amarāvatī.
Stūpas Inde Amarāvatī.
Buddhist sculpture.
Stūpas.
India Amaravati.
India Sānchi.

Added entries:

Griggs, William, 1832-1911.
Waterhouse, J. (James), 1842-1922.

Illustrations of mythology and art in India in the first and fourth centuries after Christ, from the sculptures of the Buddhist topes at Sanchi and Amravati

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Location: Library photo collection 229627
Call No.: PH1981:0452:001-057
Status: Available

Location: Library main 126079
Call No.: W670
Status: Available

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