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This informative book on art deals with the term ‘Art’ in a very compass. There are 29 chaoters that deal with the different forms of art separately. In the book the reader will find notices on : art in ancient india; vedic and puranic gods; the art of Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Parsees, Jains and Sikhs; the epics; architecture in Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Ahmadabad, Amritsar, Banaras, Lucknow, and Delhi; the cave temples of Elephanta, Ellora; arms and armour; brass and copper wares; carpets and other woven materials; inlaid work and enamels and lacquer; jewellery; paintings; pottery; gold and silver palting, etc. there are numerous full-page illustataions, and many line drwings in the text. This book was first published in 1922