VI. MYSTERIES OF CREATION, THE WORLD'S AGES, AND SOUL WANDERING 97
VII. NEW FAITHS: VISHNU RELIGION, BUDDHISM, AND JAINISM 119
X. ROYAL RIVALS: THE PANDAVAS AND KAURAVAS 173
XIX. ATONEMENT AND THE ASCENT TO HEAVEN 310
XXIV. STORY OF RAMA: HOW SITA WAS WON 374
SITA FINDS RAMA AMONG LOTUS BLOOMS _Frontispiece_ _From the painting by Warwick Goble_
SHANTANU MEETS THE GODDESS GANGA _facing_ 164 _From the painting by Warwick Goble_
ARJUNA AND THE RIVER NYMPH " 226 _From the painting by Warwick Goble_
THE ORDEAL OF QUEEN DRAUPADI " 242 _From the painting by Warwick Goble_
THE RETURN OF THE HEROES SLAIN IN BATTLE " 320 _From the painting by Warwick Goble_
DAMAYANTI AND THE SWAN " 330 _From the painting by Warwick Goble_
DAMAYANTI CHOOSING A HUSBAND " 336 _From the painting by Warwick Goble_
RAMA SPURNS THE DEMON LOVER " 400 _From the painting by Warwick Goble_
THE CREMATION GHAT, BENARES _facing_ xxxvi
KALI " xl _From a bronze in the Calcutta Art Gallery_
A VYASA, OR PUBLIC READER, RECITING THE MAHABHARATA " xlviii
INDRA " 4 _From the Indra Temple, Ellora_
INTERIOR OF A TEMPLE TO VISHNU (BRINDABAN) " 10
THE PARADISE OF INDRA " 16 _From a rock sculpture at Mâmallapuram_
AGNI, THE FIRE GOD " 20 _From a painting by Nanda Lall Bose_
SHIVA'S DANCE OF DESTRUCTION, ELLORA " 26
SURYA IN HIS CHARIOT " 32 _From the Kailâsa Temple, Ellora_
YAMA AND SAVITRI " 52 _From a painting by Nanda Lall Bose_
DURGA SLAYING GIANTS AND DEMONS " 64 _From a sculpture at Mámallapuram_
THE CELESTIAL FAIRIES (APSARAS) " 68 _Sculpture on a modern Hindu temple, Benares_
SADHUS (RELIGIOUS MENDICANTS) AT BENARES " 82
A YOGI ON A BED OF SPIKES " 84 _An example of present-day austerities_
THE BIRTH OF BRAHMA: SPRINGING FROM A LOTUS ISSUING FROM VISHNU " 100 _From an original Indian painting_
HANUMAN " 106 _From a bronze in the Victoria and Albert Museum_
VISHNU UPHOLDING THE UNIVERSE " 124 _From a sculpture at Mâmallapuram_
KRISHNA AND THE GOPIS (HERDSMAIDS) " 128 _From a modern sculpture_
THE BOAR INCARNATION OF VISHNU RAISING THE EARTH FROM THE DEEP " 136 _From a rock sculpture at Udayagiri_
INTERIOR OF A ROCK-HEWN BUDDHIST TEMPLE (AJANTA) " 140
LAKSHMI ARISING FROM THE SEA OF MILK " 144 _From a sculpture at Mâmallapuram_
SHIVA DANCING ON TRIPURA " 148 _From a bronze in the Madras Museum_