LIST OF PLATES

PLATE.
I.	Serpent King original: Nāgarāja of Ajantā . . . . . . .	Frontispiece
II.	(a) Serpent King original: Nāgarāja of Bharhut . . . . . . .	facing page 38
	(b) Medallion of Bharhut .
	(c) Hermit and Serpent original: Nāga of Bharhut . . . . . .
III.	Elāpattra A specific Serpent King worshipping the Buddha (Bharhut) . . . .	facing page 40
IV.	The conversion of the Kāśyapas A family of fire-worshipping ascetics converted by the Buddha (Sānchī) . . . .
V.	(a) Serpent image of Chhargaon . . . . : : :	facing page 44
	(b) Same, back view . . . . . . .
VI.	(a) Infant Bodhisattva The Buddha before his enlightenment adored by Serpents (Mathurā) .	facing page 96
	(b) Serpent image of Kukargām . . . . .
VII.	(a) Kālika A Serpent King who praised the Buddha lauding the Buddha (Amarāvatī) . . :	facing page 100
	(b) Birth-story original: Jātaka of the Serpent Champaka (Amarāvatī)
VIII.	(a) Buddha and Elāpattra (Gandhāra) . . . :	facing page 106
	(b) Buddha adored by two Serpents (Gandhāra)
IX.	(a) Apalāla A water-serpent subdued by the Buddha (Gandhāra) . .	facing page 122
	(b) Buddha in the fire-hut of the Kāśyapas (Gandhāra)
X.	(a) Relic mound original: Stūpa worshipped by Serpents (Amarāvatī) . . :	facing page 130
	(b) Relic-casket worshipped by Serpents (Amarāvatī)
XI.	Serpents supporting a lotus-flower (Chandi Měndut, Java) A 9th-century Buddhist temple . .	facing page 138
XII.	Birth-story original: Jātaka of Vidhura the Wise (Borobudur) . . . .	facing page 144
XIII.	The Serpent King Śankhapāla caught by the villagers	facing page 150
	(Ajantā fresco) . . . . . . .