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Finally, readers of this illustrated monograph are advised not to consult the
illustrations to which the author invites our attention in the text so often. There is no
assurance that they will succeed in finding them. Take for example, the reference to
plates 10 and 11 as Mondusale temple (p. 26). Turn to plates 10 and 11, and what you
find is a relief sculpture from the Kesava temple. Look for the porch or the
railingdivided into three sections (p. 91) on plate 38, and what you will see there is a
Yaksha with a huge belly. There is a carved ceiling on plate 43 and a navaranga on plate
44, but the text tells you that these are elephants (p. 105). On plate 45 is the Kesava
temple and on plate 46, four Yakshas. The text tries to persuade you that what you see in
these plates are 525 horses (p. 105). And then, try to locate the four-armed images on
plate 58, 59 and 61 (p. 112) or the portraits of Vishnu on plates 57 and 65 (p. 110), and
you will wake up to the fact that there are only forty-seven plates in the book. Small
wonder if readers feel that the author has taken them for a ride.