Hardcover with DC, 651 pages, bw plates, Delhi 1985, very good
Contents: Study of Hindu Iconography; The Antiquity of Image-Worship in India; The Origin and Development of Image-Worship in India; Brahmanical Divinities and their Emblems on Early Indian Coins; Deities and their Emblems on Early Indian Seals; Icono-plastic Art in India-Factors contributing to its Development; Iconographic Terminology; Canons of Iconometry; Cult-Icons-Vyantara Devatas; Cult Icons-Visnu and Surya; Cult Icons-Siva and Sakti; and Miscellaneous and Syncretistic Icons.
Autor: | Jitendra Nath Banerjea |