Introduction: Mountains, Rivers, People

Experiencing Art: The Viewer, the Art, the Artist
Bricks, Seals and Stone: Into Written History
Stories in Stone: The Popular Appeal of Early Buddhist Art
After Alexander: Indo-Greek Art and the Buddha Image
Into the Mountainside: Cave Monasteries and Cave Temples
‘Seeing’ the Divine: Image and Temple
Sacred and ‘Profane’: The Nagara Temple
A Riddle in Stone: Pallava Mamallapuram
Holy Ground: Dravida Chola Temples
God in Their Mist: The Temple City and Festival Bronzes
Linear Abstractions: Art and the Sultans of India
Cosmopolitan Splendour: The City of Vijayanagara
Visions of Paradise: The Luxury of Mughal Art
Palaces and Pavilions: Rajput Mewar
Rome of the Tropics: Churches of Portuguese Goa
Jewels in the Crown: Art in the British Raj
Epilogue: Art and Modernity

Glossary
Religious and Mythical Figures
Major Dynasties and Empires
Key Dates
Map
Further Reading
Index
Acknowledgements