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
