CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Subject: Nrtyamandapa, lateral stairway (left), view

Subject: Nrtyamandapa, lateral stairway (right), view

Subject: Lakshmi, Consort of Vishnu, Visnu. Variant iconography as harvest goddess.

Subject: Lakshmi, Consort of Vishnu, Visnu.

Subject: Details of inscription, Asokan pillar with edicts I-IV, opposite Hindu Rao Hospital complex, brought by Firuz Shah Tughluq from Meerut

Subject: Backside of the pillar showing the parts as reassembled, Asokan pillar with edicts I-IV, opposite Hindu Rao Hospital complex, brought from Meerut by Firuz Shah Tughluq

Subject: Details of inscription, Asokan pillar with edicts I-IV, opposite Hindu Rao Hospital complex, brought from Meerut by Firuz Shah Tughluq

Subject: Details of inscription, Asokan pillar with edicts I-IV, opposite Hindu Rao Hospital complex, brought from Meerut by Firuz Shah Tughluq

Subject: Asokan pillar with edicts I-IV, opposite Hindu Rao Hospital complex, brought from Meerut by Firuz Shah Tughluq

Subject: Shiva as Teacher, Published by Maharaja Frame Works, Bangalore City.

Subject: Srikovil, south wall, dvarapala (left side), view

Subject: Srikovil, northeast wall, painted Mahisamardini, view

Subject: Narasimha, Narasimha rests his feet on the demon Hiryankasipu. The devotee Prahlada is seated on his lap. Published by S.S. Brijbasi and Sons, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

Subject: Shiva, the Great Lord, The blue neck is symbolic of the poison that Siva swallowed that came from the churning of the sea of milk. The head of Ganga and jet of water indicate that the source of the Ganges is through the matted locks of Siva\'s hair. In the corners are images of Ganesha (upper left), Devi (upper right), as well as two representations of Visnu, one labelled Narayana.

Subject: Free standing elephant holding garland in his trunk

Subject: Birth of Rama, Based on European sources, with elements similar to The Birth of the Virgin by Pietro Lorenzetti (1342). Published by The Ravi Udaya Vijaya Photo Litho Offset (F.A.L. Works), Ghatkopar, Bombay.

Subject: Krishna with Rukmini, Images depicted are in worship in a temple at Pandarpura. Rukmini is the first of Krishna\'s many wives. Published by Ravi Varma Press, Malavli-Lonavla, Maharashtra.

Subject: General view from west

Subject: General view from northwest

Subject: Krishna Steals Clothes, The gopis leave their clothes on the grass while swimming in the river. Krishna quietly steals the clothes and climbs up with them into a tree. Published by S.S. Brij Basi & Sons (printed by Laksmibilas Press Ltd., Calcutta), Karachi.

Subject: Ornate facade, projected central offset with beam-and-bracket type doorway within recessed arch flanked by triple-register of taqchas; Inscribed

Subject: Krishna Fights Kaliya, The giant snake Kaliya lives in a whirlpool in the Jumna River, where the cowherds have brought their cattle. They play a game of ball, and Krishna climbs a kadam tree. The ball is thrown up to him but goes into the water. Krishna jumps in after the ball and Kaliya encircles him. Krishna overpowers the snake by dancing on its head. The snake is banished to a distant land. Published by The Ravi Udaya Vijaya Photo Litho Offset (F.A.L. Works), Ghatkopar, Bombay, Maharash

Subject: Krishna with Yashoda, Yashoda, wife of Nanda and foster-mother of Krishna. Print based on the Sistine Madonna by Raphael (1513), now in Dresden. Published by Brijbasi Fine Art Offset Works, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

Subject: Asokan pillar at Gotihawa