ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Editor and the Publisher of Brijbasi Art Press Ltd. would like to thank the collectors for the generous use of the photographs of the unique paintings and pieces of sculpture reproduced in this book.

In particular, they wish to express their gratitude to Madame Florence, M. de Surmont, Shri J. P. Goenka, Rt. Hon. David Salman, Suresh K. Neotia, Gaylord Hoftizer, Michael Postel, Mrs Fiammeta Rossi, Mrs Sunita Pitamber, Gurappa Shetty, late David Abraham, Volkar Schafer & Michael Suessur, N. Boman Behram (heirs), Shailender M. Hem Chand, Mrs Anjolie Ella Menon, Anna Maria John, David Murdant May, Dr Daljeet Singh, Yannis Sarzetakis, Prof. Klaus Schleusener, Dr Peter Berghaus, Geo P. Bickford, late D. Langhammer.

Due recognition also goes out to the Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi; Departments of Archaeology of the State Governments of Karnataka, Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra; The National Museum, New Delhi; The Indian Museum, Kolkata; Bharat Kala Bhavan, Varanasi; Meenakshi Temple Museum, Madurai; the museums of Kabul, Afghanistan; Lahore, Pakistan; Mathura; Govt. Museums of Chandigarh, Gwalior, Chennai; the Ashutosh Museum, University of Kolkata (Prof. D. P. Ghosh); the M. C. Mehta Collection, Ahmedabad, the Dacca Museum, Bangla Desh.

The photographic archives of L. S. D. G. (Lance Dane & Satish Gupta) are the main source of the photographs reproduced here. If there is any change in the present location of any of the images, they would be pleased to revise the due recognition.