EDITORIAL BOARD CONTENTS EXECUTIVE EDITORS Geeta Kapur Kumkum Sangari SITES OF ART HISTORY Indira Chandrasekhar CANONS & EXPOSITIONS Madan Gopal Singh Ashish Rajadhyaksha GuestEditor: TapatiGuha-Thakurta MANAGERIAL EDITORS Vivan Sundaram 3 Introduction Rajendra Prasad Romi Khosia TapatiGuha-Thakurta ADVISORY EDITORS 7 The Making of a Visual Language: G.P. Deshpande Thoughts on Mughal Painting Kalpana Sahni Asad Zaidi GuJarnmoharnmedSheskh Anuradha Kapur Anil Bhatti 33 The Construction of 'Mule' in Indian Chanchal Chauhan Temple Architecture Sashi Kumar AjayJ.Smha CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Malini Bhattacharya 63 Producing the Sacred: Neela Bhagwat The Subjects of Calendar Art Saeed Akhtar Mirza Kajrijain Mihir Bhattacharya M.S. Sathyu Sudhir Patwardhan 89 Marking Independence: The Ritual of a P. Govinda Pillai National Art Exhibition M.S. Prabhakara TapatiGuha-Thakurta Arun Khopkar 115 The Politics of Display: India 1886 and 1986 SUBSCRIPTION RATES In India AnndamDutta Individuals (4 issues): Rs 160 Institutions (4 issues): Rs 350 Outside India Individuals (4 issues): $ 35 The illustrations on the front and back covers of this issue refer to Institutions (4 issues): $ 60 The Making of a Visual Language: Thoughts on Mughal Painting", by Gulammohammed Sheikh. WRITE TO Front cover. Plate E: Rama and Sita in the forest. Sub-imperial Mughal, Indira Chandrasekhar c. 1600, National Museum, New Delhi. Journal of Arts & Ideas Back cover. Clockwise. Plate C: Arya Suvrata renouncing the world, 35 A/I (second floor) Kalpasutra, Mandu, Western Indian School, AD 1439, National Museum, Shahpur Jat, New Delhi 110 049 New Delhi; Plate A: A scene from Chandayana, early 16th century, Tel: 649 7999 / 649 1448 Punjab State Museum, Chandigarh; Plate B: The victory of Paragjyotisa, Bhagavatapurana, Delhi-Agra area, c. 1525-50, Dr Alvin 0. Bellak; PUBLISHED BY Plate D: The lamentation ofLaurik the hero, Chandayana, Sultanate, first Tulika Print Communication half of 16th century. Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay. Services for G.P. Deshpande Design: Vivan Sundaram PRINTED AT Pauls Press E 44/11 Okhia Phase II New Delhi 110 020 ^ARTS^DEAS NUMBERS 30-31 December 1997