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218 Kulbarga, 125 Kumbhā, Rānā of Chitor, 69, 120 Kurān, the law of, 108

Kūrma, or tortoise, 167, 168

Kuvera, god of wealth, 190; sculpture of, 190

Lahore, 137

Laknauti, 67, 121, 122

Lakshmi, Goddess of the Day, 33, 61, 164, 165, 167, 169, 171

Lankēsvara chapel, Ellora, 83

Lāvanya Yojanam, realisation of grace and beauty, 195

Layard, Sir Henry, 59

Lethaby, Prof., Architecture, 143 n

Leyden, Ethnological Museum at, 161, 163, 184

Lingam, symbol of the, 163

Linga-rāj temple, Bhuv-anēshvar, the Great, 64; date of the building, 65

Lokapālas, or Guardians of the Four Gateways of the Sky, 41

Lomas Rishi cave, 24

Lotus flowers, 8, 13, 33, 36, 41, 42, 43, 136, 145, 162, 164; amalaka, or fruit, 8, 57; dome, 136, 145, 147

Lotus-and-vase pillar, 41, 44, 114

Lumbīnī gardens, 34

Madras Museum, 176, 179

Magadha, 92 n.; builders of, 104

Mahābhārata, the, 5, 26, 151, 154, 199 Mahā-padma, or lotus crown, 136, 141 n, 147

Mahāvīra, 4

Mahāyāna doctrine, 58, 152; monasteries, 91, 115 n; school, 179

Mahēshamūrti, the five-headed form of Siva, 188

Mahisura, the buffalo-demon, 184

Mahmūd Begarah, mosque, 120

Mahmūd of Ghaznī, 111, 112 Mahmūdābād, 120

Maitreya, the Buddhist Messiah, 54, 156

Māldā, 123, 124

Mālwā, 27

Mālwā, Sultan of, 69

Māmallapuram, shrine at, 74, 76, 92; temples, 76; sculptures, 165, 172; reliefs, 184

Mānāsāra Silpa-Sastra, 57 Mandapams, or assembly-halls, 66, 95 Mandara mountain, 60, 68, 70, 168

Mandu, 118; history of, 118 n

Manohar Dās, pictures, 206

Manrique, Father, 138

Mārkandēya, legend of, 176 Marshall, Sir John, 117; Guide to Sānchī, 40 Maruts, the storm winds, 13

Mathurā, 3, 67; Jain stūpa at, 146; museum, 157, 190

Mauryan dynasty, 4, 27

Māyā, Mother of the Buddha, 33, 37, 171

Medhī, the, 15

Meghavarna, King of Ceylon, 155

Merū, mountain, 60, 61, 70, 167

Mesopotamia, 26; conical huts of, 9, 59, 147; Aryan rule in, 9, 10, 60; palaces, 44

Mewār, 69

Mīān Shah Mir, portrait of, 207

Minoan Art, 154

Mirā Bāī, royal chapel, Chitor, 70

Mirzapur district, 195

Mitanni, the, 9; sacred literature, 11 Mogul dynasty, 128; fall of, 144; architecture, 132; school of painting, 205, 208; miniatures, 207; palaces, 99, 101

Moksha, or liberation, 18, 19, 43

Monasteries, Buddhist, 91

Moon-god, Chandra, 6, 18

Mosques, 69 n, 105, 107; the grand portals, 113

Moti Masjid, 136

Mountain-worship, 70

Muhammad 'Adil Shah, tomb of, 109, 127, 131; size of the dome, 109, 127

Muhammadans, conquer Hindustan, 84, 96; destruction of temples, 99, 160; pleasure-gardens, 102; rule in India, 106, 123, 129; architecture, 107-10; tombs in India, 116; school of miniaturists, 204; painting, 204; characteristics, 209

Mulla Shah, 207

Mumtāz Mahall, 136; monument to, 137; death, 141

Murshidābād, 124

Musalman, artistic taste in calligraphy, 204

Muzaffar Shah, 119

Mysore, 89; temples, 89

Nāginis, snake-goddesses, 166

Nālāmandapam, 68