Across the South of Asia a volume in honor of Professor Robert L. Brown / edited by Robert DeCaroli, Paul A. Lavy ; foreword by Tushara Bindu Gude.

Contributed articles

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword. Tushara Bindu Gude -- Preface -- Works of Prof. Robert L. Brown -- List of figures -- Part 1. South Asia before 1400 CE -- 1. Heat and Hunger: The Emaciated Buddha and the Significance of Fasting / Robert DeCaroli -- 2. An Unrecognized Sculpture of the Haṃsa-jātaka from Nālandā Site No. 2 / Nicolas Morrissey -- 3. Śāntideva's Buddhism of the Pala Period : Poetics of Voice and Image / Mary Storm -- 4. The Iconographic Distribution of Ninth to Twelfth Century Buddhist Imagery from Bihar to Odisha / Kurt Behrendt -- 5. Rasa and Darśana in Indian Temple Sculpture / Debashish Banerji -- Part 2. South Asia after 1400 CE -- 6. Relics, Icons, and Portraits in Hindu Institutions: An Examination of the Worship of the Teacher / Nalini Rao -- 7. A Little More Fakir and A Little Less Fanatic: Putting Aurangzeb's Deccani Architecture into a Sufi Context / Santhi Kavuri-Bauer -- 8. Kutch Silver: A Study of Stylistic Sources / Stephen Markel -- 9. Kāśirāj: The Presentation Album of the Mahārājā of Benares / Tushara Bindu Gude -- 10. Circuits of Exchange: Muraqqās and Illustrated Gift Books in teh Early Twentieth Century / Saleema Waraich -- Part III: Southeast Asia -- 11. Early Vaiṣṇava Sculpture in Southeast Asia and the Question of Pallava Influence / Paul A. Lavy -- 12. Central Javanese Statues of Hindu Deities and Their Anthropomorphic Vehicles / Bokyung Kim -- 13. Making Merit by Making Buddhist Tablets: Inscribed Dedicatory Inscriptions on King Aniruddha's Clay Tablet / M.L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati -- 14. The Origins of the Emerald Buddha Icon (Phra Kaew Morokot) / Melody Rod-ari -- 15. Representing Heaven in Thai Painting / Rebecca S. Hall.

This collection of essays invites readers to take a broad view of South Asian art and culture by providing a wide geographic and chronological scope. The articles are united only by their focus on art - historical and archaeological concerns and their concentration on South Asia - ranging from Afghanistan to the island kingdoms of Indonesia.