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In  ifs  arrangemeni,  fhe  Vienna  catalogue  closely  follows  that
drawn  up  by  Klaus  Fischer  and  K.  N.  Puri  for  the  exhibifion  in  fhe
Villa  Hügel  in  Essen.  The  numbering  ol  fhe  exhibifs  has  nof  been
alfered,  and  fhe  objecfs  on  loan  from  fhe  Museum  für  Völkerkunde, ­
  Vienna,  have  been  incorporafed  in  fhe  serial  numerafion
according  fo  fheir  dafe,  where  necessary  by  fhe  addifion  ol  a
leffer  as  suffix  (e.  g.  141  Teaching  Buddha,  below,  scene  of
adoralion,  Gandhara;  141  a  Buddha  wifh  Indra,  Brahma,  and
fhe  guardians  of  fhe  four  direcfions  of  fhe  universe,  Gandhara).
The  exhibifs  in  groups  1  Io  9  are  lisfed  in  chronological  Order,
fo  correspond  wifh  fheir  arrangemenf  in  fhe  rooms  of  fhe
Künsflerhaus.  The  lisl  on  page  53  indicafes  fhe  culfural  epochs  of
fhe  individual  exhibifs  according  fo  fheir  numbers  (e.  g.  Indus
Civilizafion,  Nos.  1—53;  Maurya  Civilizafion,  Nos.  54—63).  A
selecf  lisf  explains  fhe  Sanskrif  words  and  fechnical  ferms  of
iconography  fhaf  occur  repealedly  in  fhe  descripfions  of  fhe
individual  pieces  and  in  fhe  infroducfory  essay  by  H.  Goefz
pages  44—46).  The  lisf  of  museums  fhaf  have  lenf  exhibifs  also
confains  a  bibliography  of  fhe  mosf  imporfanf  works  dealing
wifh  fhe  pieces  on  show  (pages  47—49).  Finally,  in  fhe  lisf  of
origin  of  fhe  exhibifs,  fhe  cafalogue  indicafes  fhe  sifes  where
fhey  were  found  (page  52).
Of  parficular  inferesf  is  fhe  map  indicafing  fhe  mosf  imporfanf
archaeological  sifes  of  fhe  Indo-Pakisfan  sub-confinenf.  This  map
is  faken  from  fhe  book  "Indien’  by  H.  Goefz  (Baden-Baden  1959).

Notes  on  the  Catalogue

The  chronological  fable  on  page  51—52  gives  a  survey  of  Indian
dynasfies  and  arfisfic  periods  from  2500  B.  C.  fo  fhe  presenf  day.
The  main  body  of  fhe  cafalogue  lisfs  fhe  exhibifs  by  number
and  gives  a  brief  descripfion  ol  each.  Each  enfry  also  quofes  fhe
malerial  and  colour  of  the  exhibif,  ifs  heighf  and  widfh  in  cenfimelers,
  fhe  place  of  origin,  as  well  as  fhe  disfricf  or  province  of
fhe  Republic  of  India  or  of  her  neighbours,  EasI  and  West
Pakistan,  Nepal,  or  Tibet,  in  which  the  object  was  found,  fhe
dafe,  and  the  arfisfic  period.  The  museum  where  the  exhibif  is
normally  on  show  and  ifs  museum  number  are  quoted  alter  fhe
official  English  designation.  The  lelters  V.  S.  refer  fo  the  Vikrama
style  ol  reckoning  dales;  fo  convert  fo  Christian  reckoning,  substracf
  56  years.  An  asierisk  indicafes  fhaf  fhe  exhibif  is  illusfrafed
in  fhe  appendix.
Sanskrif  vowels  are  pure,  as  in  Latin  and  German,  and  nof
diphthongized,  as  in  English.  Words  like  "Sfupa"  are  sfressed  on
fhe  first  syllable;  names  like  "Hanuman”  are  usually  sfressed  on
fhe  third-last  syllable.  H  is  disfinctly  aspirated  affer  a  consonanf,
as  in  "Gandhara",  "Buddha",  efc.  V  as  in  "Vishnu",  y  as  in
"Himalaya",  j  as  in  "Rajah",  and  ch  as  in  ’Sanchi’  are  pronounced
  as  in  English.  For  reasons  of  space  if  is  impossible  fo
go  info  fhe  fine  poinfs  of  Sanskrit  pronunciation,  for  example,  fhe
difference  belween  fhe  palatal  and  cerebral  s.  If  should,  however,
  be  poinfed  ouf  fhaf  the  s  as  in  ’Siva’  and  the  sh  as  in
"Ganesha"  are  usually  pronounced  like  an  English  sh.