CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION - Pratapaditya Pal

PIPAL TREE, TONSURED MONKS, AND USHNISHA - Gautama Vajracharya

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE BUDDHA’S BIRTH AND DEATH IN THE ANICONIC PERIOD - J.E. Van Lohuizen-de Leeuw

OBSERVATIONS ON “THE REPRESENTATION OF THE BUDDHA’S BIRTH AND DEATH IN THE ANICONIC PERIOD” - Sonya Rhie Quintanilla

AN UNUSUAL NAGA-PROTECTED BUDDHA FROM THAILAND - Pratapaditya Pal

THE NAGA-PROTECTED BUDDHA IN THE NORTON SIMON MUSEUM: FURTHER COMMENTS - Joyanto K. Sen

THE KARANDAVYUHA SUTRA AND BUDDHIST ART IN 10TH-CENTURY CAMBODIA - Hiram Woodward

DO JEWELLERIES PROVIDE CHRONOLOGICAL CLUES? A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF WRATHFUL DEITIES IN PALA AND TIBETAN ART - Steven Kossak

A 16TH-CENTURY LADAKHI SCHOOL OF BUDDHIST PAINTING - Erberto Lo Bue

A PILGRIM TO THE BUDDHIST HIMALAYAS - Jaroslav Poncar