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Han coins found, ix.

Han dynasty, 15; rules in Turkestān, xix.

handrail, 38.

hands: accuracy of drawing, um; action of, 2; an"jali mudrā, see mudrās; at breast, as in Roman sculpture, 4; at ear, 95; artist's, 89; checking points of discourse, 3, 20, 55, 58, 7o, 73, 97, 98; claw-like, 93; clenched, 88; confused drawing of, 19; crossed at breast, see mudrās; dainty pose, 74; delicacy of touch, 71, 8z, 91; delicately drawn, 62, 93; delicate pose of, 89; distinctive types, xxi, xxvi; downturned, 98; elegant, 31; emphatic gesture of, 2; extended, 44; finely drawn, 86; fingering flageolet, 66, flute, 96, harp, 21; fingers spread, 85; flower-laden, 2; folded, see mudras; gesticulating, io8; held before mouth, 85; holding: arrows, 83, bow, 36, 83, bowl, 14, brush, 86, 89, censer, 35, 7o, 94, dish, 93, fan, 99, 104, flask, 9o, 99, 104, flowers, 4, 34, 35, 46, 8o, 82, floral branch, Ioo, fly-whisk, 59, 90, 104, fold of robe, 98, paint pot, 86, pankhā, 9o, pōthi, 112, sankh or jewel, 86, sprigs of grass, 85, sun, 84, sword, 84, symbols, 22, tazza, 33, 73, tray, 107, wand, 83; in supplication, 26, 84, 93; long and graceful, 42; outstretched, 42, 85, III; palm outwards, 72, 98; pendent, 35, 107; resting on: bow, 86, knee, 55, 95, lap, 94,104, mace, 84, 86, staff, 88, thigh, 112, vajra, 92; sensitive, 89; strong, 3, 19; teaching or arguing, see mudras; tied, 48; tucked in sleeves, 34, 47; upraised, 26, 48, 55, 58, 59, 85, 93, 97, 98, 102, 112; well-drawn, 21, 94; with offering, 53, 68, 69: see also fingers, finger-nails, mudrās, thumb, web.

Harding, Mr. H. I., late Vice-Consul at Kashgar, 24,

27, 39.

Hargreaves, Mr. H., former Director-General of Archaeology in India, gives help, xiv.

Hāritī, Indian Madonna, xxiii, xxvi, 27; emblems of fertility and of moon goddess, 24; her lurid past, 17; leaf `apron', 11o; with her children, 17, 18: see also Gandhāra.

harp played by Pancasikha (?), 21, 22.

hat, 46, 49; Chinese, 75, 85, 86, 108: see also head-dress. hawk, carried on arm of demon, 86.

head, 7; always three-quarter face in Mirān paintings, 9, 15; bald, 35; careful study, 99; distinctive types, 29; dome-like, 35; egg-shape, 35; four-headed dākinīs, 77; heads without bodies, 1o7; in hollows of Mīrān garland, xx, Io; partially bald, 7o; pose of, 7, 22, 25, 58, 65; shaven, 83, 97, 99, 107; square, 12-14, 29, and flat crowned, 13, 29; three-headed divinity, 22; well-drawn, 93; youthful, 13.

head-dress, 24; Chinese judge, 75; curious, 1o4; dragon or mongoose, 86; Manichaean donors, 46;

priests (?), 47; peculiar type in Mīrān paintings, 3,

7; Persian, 75; pink bands, 9; Sasanian crown, 75;

snake (Nāga), 86: see also cap, hat, mukuta, pagrī.

head-shaving rite, 71.

heavenly mansion, 57, 98, 99

hell, with demon executioners, 48: see also cauldron,

woman.

Hellenistic character of ornament, see metopes,

mutules.

high-lights, xxii, 81; white, discoloured to black, 88,

94, 1o1; see also destructive influences.

Hīnayāna Buddhism, xviii.

hips, effeminate, 29; of Nāginī, 111.

Hoare, Sir Samuel, gives help, xiv.

hoofs, cloven, 12.

horns or crescents, 24.

horse sacrifice (asvamedha), q.v.

•  carry gifts, 97; in pavilion courtyard, 66; in pro-

cession, 88; see also Nāginī.

hound, attacking Garuda, 86; with horseman, 88; of

Sūkā, 105.

houri type, 17.

`housings', metal, of Chinese type, zo, 107.

Hsi-hsia inscription, 35.

Hsiung-nu (Huns), xi, xix, 38.

Hsüan-tsang, Chinese pilgrim, xxii; records that

people of Khotan have green eyes, 96; records

legends of Nāginī, I11; of king of Persia and prin-

cess, viii; of `silk princess', xxiii.

human beings, xxvii, 48, 83, 84.

•  types, give place to conventional forms, xxii, 19. hungry ghost in hell, 48.

Huns, see Hsiung-nu.

Hunza, viii.

Idikut-shahri = Dākiānūs = Kara-khōja, 3o, 44, 48:

see also Kara-khōja.

imbricated scheme to express mountains,

occurs in European miniatures, 46: see also mountainous regions.

•  quilting of foot-gear, 65, 77.

impasto, 4, 7.

`imperial', see beard.

implements: arrows, 83, 85; bludgeon, 86; bow, 36, 83, 85; bow-case, 88; chaurī, q.v.; drumstick, 96; eating-sticks, carried on belt, see costume; fan, 99, 104; kadga (sacrificial knife), 77; kapāla (skull), 77; lasso, 86; mace, 84, 86; pankhā, 9o; pisa (noose), 77; plectrum, 96; galam, 104, io6; quiver, 86; razor, 71; rod, 86; saw, 48; spoon, 93; stylus, 28; sword, 84, 88; wand, 83; see also bairāgun, chalcolithic.

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