title: Gods, Guardians, and Lovers: Temple Sculpture from North India A.D. 700-1200
author: Vishakha Desai
description: Individual sculptures from Northern Indian medieval temples are examined within their architectural, religious, philosophical and historical context.
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  Philadelphia Museum of Art
  
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  The Presence of Siva
  STELLA KRAMRISCH
  PHOTOGRAPHY BY PRAFUL
  C. PATEL
  PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
  
  Published by Princeton University Press,
  41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
  In the United Kingdom
  by Princeton University Press, Chichester, West Sussex
  Copyright © 1981 by Princeton University Press
  All Rights Reserved
  Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
  Kramrisch, Stella, 1898-
  The presence of Siva.
  Bibliography: p.
  Includes index.
  1.
  Siva (Hindu deity)—Art.
  2.
  Sculpture, Hindu
  India—Elephanta Island.
  3. Cave temples—India
  Elephanta Island.
  4.
  Sculpture, Hindu—India—Ellora.
  5. Cave temples—India—Ellora.
  I.
  Title.
  NB1007.S67K7
  704.9*489452 1 1
  80-8558
  ISBN 0-691-03964-X
  ISBN 0-691-101 15-9 (lim. pbk. ed.)
  ISBN 0-691-01930-4 (Mythos paperback edition)
  Second printing, for the Mythos paperback edition, 1992
  Princeton Uni