Himanshu Prabha Ray is a Research Fellow and Tutor at Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, and was the Honorary Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. She was the first Chairperson of the National Monuments Authority, Ministry of Culture, New Delhi from 2012 to 2015 and as Professor has taught at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi until 2012.Her research interests include Maritime History and Archaeology of the Indian Ocean, the History of Archaeology in South and Southeast Asia and the Archaeol­ogy of Religion in Asia. She is the Editor of the Routledge Series on Archaeology and Religion in South Asia.

• Preface; Introduction; Aesthetic Theories Underlying Asian Performing Arts; Sunya: Immanent & Transcendent: Investigating Meanings of Void Through Art's space; The Stupa: Symbolizing Religious Architecture in Asia; Merchants, Ghazis, & the Inception of an 'Islamic' Architecture in South Asia; Marks & Symbols of Professionals on Mughal Monuments; Spatial Organization of Paharpur Buddhist Establishment; A Study of Living Culture: Type-morphology of Vernacular-traditional Houses in Kerala; Avalokitesvara as Continuing Theogony of Interiorization; The Flying Messenger; The Saiva Pantheon in Indonesia: Acculturation/Assimilation/Convergence?; Kala-Makara-Toranas: Javanese Expressions of a Shared Motif; Questioning Narrativity & Inscribed Labels: Buddhist Bharhut, Sannati, & Borobudur; Understanding the Painted Jatakas in Ancient India & Sri Lanka; Crown Jewels of Buddhist Art: Comparisons between Ajanta & Dunhuang; A System of Knowledge Transmission: The Narrative in Indonesia (c. AD 700-900); A Comparative Study of the Wayang Kulit & the Tolpavakoothu Shadow Puppet Theatre; Index.

Himanshu Prabha Ray is a Research Fellow and Tutor at Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, and was the Honorary Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. She was the first Chairperson of the National Monuments Authority, Ministry of Culture, New Delhi from 2012 to 2015 and as Professor has taught at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi until 2012.Her research interests include Maritime History and Archaeology of the Indian Ocean, the History of Archaeology in South and Southeast Asia and the Archaeol­ogy of Religion in Asia. She is the Editor of the Routledge Series on Archaeology and Religion in South Asia.

• Preface; Introduction; Aesthetic Theories Underlying Asian Performing Arts; Sunya: Immanent & Transcendent: Investigating Meanings of Void Through Art's space; The Stupa: Symbolizing Religious Architecture in Asia; Merchants, Ghazis, & the Inception of an 'Islamic' Architecture in South Asia; Marks & Symbols of Professionals on Mughal Monuments; Spatial Organization of Paharpur Buddhist Establishment; A Study of Living Culture: Type-morphology of Vernacular-traditional Houses in Kerala; Avalokitesvara as Continuing Theogony of Interiorization; The Flying Messenger; The Saiva Pantheon in Indonesia: Acculturation/Assimilation/Convergence?; Kala-Makara-Toranas: Javanese Expressions of a Shared Motif; Questioning Narrativity & Inscribed Labels: Buddhist Bharhut, Sannati, & Borobudur; Understanding the Painted Jatakas in Ancient India & Sri Lanka; Crown Jewels of Buddhist Art: Comparisons between Ajanta & Dunhuang; A System of Knowledge Transmission: The Narrative in Indonesia (c. AD 700-900); A Comparative Study of the Wayang Kulit & the Tolpavakoothu Shadow Puppet Theatre; Index.

Himanshu Prabha Ray is a Research Fellow and Tutor at Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, and was the Honorary Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. She was the first Chairperson of the National Monuments Authority, Ministry of Culture, New Delhi from 2012 to 2015 and as Professor has taught at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi until 2012.Her research interests include Maritime History and Archaeology of the Indian Ocean, the History of Archaeology in South and Southeast Asia and the Archaeol­ogy of Religion in Asia. She is the Editor of the Routledge Series on Archaeology and Religion in South Asia.

• Preface; Introduction; Aesthetic Theories Underlying Asian Performing Arts; Sunya: Immanent & Transcendent: Investigating Meanings of Void Through Art's space; The Stupa: Symbolizing Religious Architecture in Asia; Merchants, Ghazis, & the Inception of an 'Islamic' Architecture in South Asia; Marks & Symbols of Professionals on Mughal Monuments; Spatial Organization of Paharpur Buddhist Establishment; A Study of Living Culture: Type-morphology of Vernacular-traditional Houses in Kerala; Avalokitesvara as Continuing Theogony of Interiorization; The Flying Messenger; The Saiva Pantheon in Indonesia: Acculturation/Assimilation/Convergence?; Kala-Makara-Toranas: Javanese Expressions of a Shared Motif; Questioning Narrativity & Inscribed Labels: Buddhist Bharhut, Sannati, & Borobudur; Understanding the Painted Jatakas in Ancient India & Sri Lanka; Crown Jewels of Buddhist Art: Comparisons between Ajanta & Dunhuang; A System of Knowledge Transmission: The Narrative in Indonesia (c. AD 700-900); A Comparative Study of the Wayang Kulit & the Tolpavakoothu Shadow Puppet Theatre; Index.