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Han coins found, ix.
Han dynasty, 15; rules in Turkestān, xix.
handrail, 38.
hands: accuracy of drawing, 101; action of, 2; *añjali
mudrā*, see *mudrās*; at breast, as in Roman sculpture,
4; at ear, 95; artist's, 89; checking points of dis-
course, 3, 20, 55, 58, 70, 73, 97, 98; claw-like, 93;
clenched, 88; confused drawing of, 19; crossed at
breast, see *mudrās*; dainty pose, 74; delicacy of touch,
71, 82, 91; delicately drawn, 62, 93; delicate pose of,
89; distinctive types, xxi, xxvi; downturned, 98; ele-
gant, 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 *mudrās*;
gesticulating, 108; held before mouth, 85; holding:
arrows, 83, bow, 36, 83, bowl, 14, brush, 86, 89,
censer, 35, 70, 94, dish, 93, fan, 99, 104, flask, 90, 99,
104, flowers, 4, 34, 35, 46, 80, 82, floral branch, 100,
fly-whisk, 59, 90, 104, fold of robe, 98, paint pot,
86, *pankha*, 90, *pātri*, 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, 111; 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 *mudrās*; tied, 48; tucked in
sleeves, 34, 47; upraised, 26, 48, 55, 58, 59, 85, 91,
97, 98, 102, 112; well-drawn, 21, 94; with offering,
53, 68, 69; *see also* fingers, finger-nails, *mudrās*, thumb,
wrist.
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', 110; with her children, 17, 18; *see
also* Gandhāra.
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 Mīrān paintings,
9, 15; bald, 35; careful study, 35; distinctive types,
29; dome-like, 35; egg-shape, 35; four-headed *dākinī*,
77; heads without bodies, 107; in hollows of Mīrān
garland, xx, 10; partially bald, 70; pose of, 7, 22,
25, 58, 65; shaven, 13, 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, 104;
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, *mukuṭa*, *pageṭ*.
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, 101; *see also* destructive influences.
Hinayāna Buddhism, xviii.
hips, effeminate, 29; of Nāginī, 111.
Hoare, Sir Samuel, gives help, xiv.
hoofs, cloven, 12.
horns or crescents, 24.
horse sacrifice (aśvamedha), q.v.
— carry gifts, 97; in pavilion courtyard, 66; in pro-
cession, 88; *see also* Nāginī.
hound, attacking Garuḍa, 86; with horseman, 88; of
Sūkā, 105.
houri type, 17.
'housings', metal, of Chinese type, 20, 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, 111; 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, 30, 44, 48;
*see also* Kara-khōja.
imbricated scheme to express mountains, 44, 45;
occurs in European miniatures, 46; *see also* moun-
tainous 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, 99; fan, 99,
104; *kadga* (sacrificial knife), 77; *kapāla* (skull), 77;
lasso, 86; mace, 84, 86; *pankha*, 90; *pāśa* (noose),
77; plectrum, 96; *qalam*, 104, 106; quiver, 86;
razor, 71; rod, 86; saw, 48; spoon, 93; stylus,
28; sword, 84, 88; wand, 83; *see also hairāgun*,
chalcolithic.

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