CONTENTS: Foreword by Prof Dr Shashibala, Acknowledgements, Introduction, List of Plates, PART l: Ars Tibetica, 1. The Mandala of the Great Lord Heruka: An Iconographic Analysis and Commentary of a Tibetan Scroll Painting, 2. Ganapati in the Buddhist Art of Tibet and Mongolia, 3. On the Synchrony lof Mundane vs. Transmundane in Tantric Iconography: Hari-Hari-Hari-Vahana Lokesvara, 4. The Three Excellent Mahakala Brothers, 5. Buddhist Images of the Feminine, 6. Simhamukha & Durga: Two Indic Tantric Mother Goddesses, 7. The Buddhist Symbol of the Lion in Tibetan and Mongolian Art, PART II Ars Mongolica, 8. Buddhist Mongolian Paintings: Stylistics and Characteristics, 9. The Influence of Pala Art in the Sculptures of Zanabazar, 10. A Mongolian Bogda Lama: An Iconographic Description and Historical Review of an 18th Century Scroll Painting, 11. The twelve Tenma-Goddesses: An Iconnnnnnphical Description of an 18th Century Mongolian Scroll Painting, APPENDIC: Ars Buddhica Nova, 1. Luminism in the Paintings of Nicholas Roerich: A Dzogchen Interpretation of Roerich's Mountain Series of Tibet, 2. Sahaja Are-Sohan Qadri's Transcendence and Immanence, 3. The Matrix of the Transmundane-Borderline Blending: An Evaluation of Immenence in the Paintings of Shampa Sircar Das (Works 2010-2011), Plates,.