LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii PAGE Surya, the Hindu Sun-god . .188 On the Banks of the Ganges in Benares 189 A Shrine of Narsimha in the Bombay Presidency 192 A Sacred Lake in India 194 Tank at the Cenotaph of Suraj Mai 195 Sculptured Lions at Sarnath near Benares 199 The So-called Gates of Somnath 202 Dona Vasco da Gama 206 A Native Vessel of Calicut 208 The Pool at Ulwar 211 Vasco da Gama and the Zamorin of Calicut , 216 A Decorated Water Car at Madura in Southern India .... 219 Dom Andr6 Furtado de Mendoga ... 220 An Indian Betel Nut Cutter .224 Affonso de Albuquerque 229 An Old Portuguese Fort near Sanjan 233 Interior of an Ajanta Cave ... 239 Brahman Priests at Rameswara, Southern India 240 A Group of Women and Children 242 Native Indian Ploughs 244 An Indian Spinning-wheel 246 Two Pariahs 248 Among the Katkaris, a Wild Tribe in Western India .... 250 Indian Caste Marks 253 Sculptures of a Southern Indian Temple 257 A Statue of the God Siva at Vellore in Southern India .... 259 A Toda Hut at Utakamand in Southern India . . . . . . 260 An Indian Snake Charmer 263 A Toda Temple at Utakamand in Southern India ..... 267 The Marble Rocks at Jabalpur 270 A Tamil Bathing-place at Trichinopoli 272 A Devil Dancer of Ceylon . . . 275 The Huge Stone Bull at Tanjore 277 Sculptures of the Hindu Divinities Siva and Parvati, at Ellora . . . 278 An Indian Decorative Design 280 India's Great Mountain Barrier on the North ...... 281 The Irawaddy, which Empties into the Gulf of Bengal .... 285 The Temple of the God Vishnu at Conjevaram 287 Giant Bamboos . 288 From a Statuette of an Indian Elephant 290 The Bank of the Ganges at Benares 292 Pietro Delia Valle 296 A Corner of Rani Sipri's Mosque at Ahmadabad 298
